negative
noun [C] (PHOTOGRAPH) /ˈneɡ.ə.tɪv/
/-t̬ɪv/ (informal neg)Definition
› a piece of film from which a photograph can be produced, and in which light and dark areas appear the opposite way round to the way in which they appear in the photograph: black-and-white/colour negatives I've borrowed the negatives of her wedding photos so I can get some pictures printed.Photography
(Definition of negative noun (PHOTOGRAPH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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