dominant negative mutation — a mutation whose gene product adversely affects the normal, wild type gene product in the same cell, usually by combining with it and disabling or inactivating it … Medical dictionary
Negative affectivity — Negative Affect (NA) is a general dimension of subjective distress and unpleasurable engagement that subsumes a variety of aversive mood states, including anger, contempt, disgust, guilt, fear, and nervousness. Low negative affect is… … Wikipedia
negative clearance — the procedure in the competition policy of the European Communities whereby the Commission of the European Union issues a decision at the request of an undertaking indicating that it does not consider that a given proposal is prohibited by… … Law dictionary
Dominant white — This dominant white Thoroughbred stallion (W2/+) has one form of dominant white. His skin, hooves, and coat lack pigment cells, giving him a pink skinned white coat. Dominant white is a group of genetically related coat color conditions in the… … Wikipedia
negative — A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a good issue. As to negative covenant negative easement negative servitude negative statute negative testimony, see those titles @… … Black's law dictionary
negative — A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a good issue. As to negative covenant negative easement negative servitude negative statute negative testimony, see those titles @… … Black's law dictionary
Negative Priming — Pens. Initially, the person picks out the red pen and therefore it is the prime target while the remaining pens in the holder are considered to be prime distractors. When the person wants to use the blue pen (probe target) instead, negative… … Wikipedia
Negative mass — In theoretical physics, negative mass is a hypothetical concept of matter whose mass is of opposite sign to the mass of the normal matter. Such matter would violate one or more energy conditions and show some strange properties such as being… … Wikipedia
Negative pulldown — A comparison of 4 perf, 3 perf and 2 perf 35 mm film formats. Negative pulldown is the manner in which an image is exposed on a film stock, described in the number of film perforations spanned by an individual frame. It can also describe the… … Wikipedia
Diagonally dominant matrix — In mathematics, a matrix is said to be diagonally dominant if for every row of the matrix, the magnitude of the diagonal entry in a row is larger than or equal to the sum of the magnitudes of all the other (non diagonal) entries in that row. More … Wikipedia