Section M, N, and O

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See Negative sign (below). --
Negative rotation, right-handed rotation. See
Right-handed, 3. -- Negative sign,
the sign -, or minus (opposed in signification to +, or
plus), indicating that the quantity to which it is prefixed is
to be subtracted from the preceding quantity, or is to be reckoned
from zero or cipher in the opposite direction to that of quanties
having the sign plus either expressed or understood; thus, in
a - b, b is to be substracted from a, or
regarded as opposite to it in value; and -10° on a thermometer
means 10° below the zero of the scale.

Neg"a*tive, n. [Cf. F.
négative.] 1. A proposition by
which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed
by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an
opposite or contradictory term or conception.

This is a known rule in divinity, that there is no
command that runs in negatives but couches under it a positive
duty.

South.

2. A word used in denial or refusal; as,
not, no.

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