negative index
1Negative index metamaterials — A negative index metamaterial causes light to refract, or bend, differently than in more common positive refractive index materials. Negative index metamaterials or negative index materials (NIM) are artificial structures where the refractive… …
2Negative 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… …
3Index (information technology) — This is referring to Index in the context of Information Technology. For other meanings, see Index. In computer science, an index can be: # an integer which identifies an array element # a pointer data element. # a data structure that enables… …
4Negative gearing (Australia) — Negative gearing is a form of financial leverage where an investor borrows money to buy an asset, but the income generated by that asset does not cover the interest on the loan. The investor must fund the shortfall until the asset is sold, at… …
5Negative 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… …
6negative — I adjective acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, argumentative, at odds with, attacking, averse, belligerent, bickering, cantankerous, clashing, conflicting, confutative, contentious, contesting, contradictory, contrary,… …
7index — [ ɛ̃dɛks ] n. m. • 1503; mot lat. « indicateur » 1 ♦ Doigt de la main le plus proche du pouce (ainsi nommé parce que ce doigt sert à indiquer, à montrer). Les deux index. Prendre un objet entre le pouce et l index. « Levant l index à sa bouche,… …
8negative evidence — index answer (judicial response), contradiction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 negative evidence …
9negative answer — index denial, refusal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10negative compulsion — index coercion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
