单词 | negate |
释义 | ne·gate (nĭ-gāt) tr.v. ne·gat·ed, ne·gat·ing, ne·gates 1. To make ineffective or invalid; nullify: a wage increase that was negated by inflation; a goal that was negated by an official's ruling. 2. To make negative: In German, sentences can be negated by using the word "nicht." 3. Computers To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate. [Latin negāre, negāt-, to deny; see ne in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ne·gator, ne·gater n. |
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