(negative+-+situation)

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• Negative vote weight — (also known as inverse success value) refers to an effect that occurs in certain elections where votes can have the opposite effect of what the voter intended. A vote for a party might result in the loss of seats in parliament, or the party might …   Wikipedia

• Negative capability — describes the resistance to a set of institutional arrangements or a system of knowledge about the world and human experience. It explains the capacity of human beings to reject the totalizing constraints of a closed context, and to both… …   Wikipedia

• negative — neg‧a‧tive [ˈnegətɪv] adjective 1. bad or harmful: • The Bank s refusal to cut interest rates is having a negative effect on the economy. 2. saying or meaning no : • a negative response 3. considering only the bad qualities of a situation, person …   Financial and business terms

• Negative freeroll — is a term used in poker. It refers to a situation, usually occurring in no limit or pot limit when contemplating an all in wager, where the player acting first checks in a situation where they would be forced to call an opponent s final bet (due… …   Wikipedia

• negative equity — refers to a situation when the value of your property falls below the figure of the mortgage/loan taken out to buy it. Financial Services Glossary * * * negative equity negative equity ➔ equity * * * negative equity UK US noun [U] UK ► PROPERTY,… …   Financial and business terms

• negative equity — noun The situation, caused by a fall in house prices, in which a person owns property that is worth less than the value of his or her mortgage • • • Main Entry: ↑negate * * * noun [noncount] : a situation in which the amount of money that a… …   Useful english dictionary

• Negative refraction — is the name for an electromagnetic phenomenon where light rays are refracted at an interface in the reverse sense to that normally expected. Such an effect can be obtained using a metamaterial which has been designed to achieve a negative value… …   Wikipedia

• Negative equity — occurs when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan.[1] In the United States, assets (particularly real estate, whose loans are mortgages) with negative equity are often referred to as being… …   Wikipedia

• Negative free bid — is a contract bridge treatment whereby a free bid by responder over an opponent s overcall shows a long suit in a weak hand and is not forcing. This is in contrast with standard treatment, where a free bid can show unlimited values and is… …   Wikipedia

• Negative gearing — is a form of leveraged speculation in which a speculator borrows money to buy an asset, but the income generated by that asset does not cover the interest on the loan (Interest > Income). In a few countries the strategy is motivated by… …   Wikipedia

• Negative bias temperature instability — (NBTI) is a key reliability issue in MOSFETs. It is of immediate concern in p channel MOS devices, since they almost always operate with negative gate to source voltage; however, the very same mechanism affects also nMOS transistors when biased… …   Wikipedia