reversed positive

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reversed positive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reversed \Re*versed"\ (r[-e]*v[~e]rst"), a.
     1. Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the
        contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or
        sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.
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     2. (Law) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a
        reversed judgment or decree.
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     Reversed positive or Reversed negative (Photog.), a
        picture corresponding with the original in light and
        shade, but reversed as to right and left. --Abney.
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