Sentence examples for have a negative value from inspiring English sources

If things or states of affairs are bad, they often not only lack value but also even have a negative value.

As a direct-fire weapon fired at the ranges under consideration here, these 68-millimeter inert rockets would probably have a negative value.

(If the direction of motion of the electrons were also chosen to be the direction of a current, the current would have a negative value).

In the solution some currents may have a negative value, in which case the actual current flows in a direction opposite that of the arbitrary initial choice.

Umami taste thus appears to have a positive value that can decrease after aversive conditionings, while bitter taste appears to have a negative value that made sheep suspicious about it even when associated with positive consequences.

This might even have a negative value.

The experiment created a pulse whose group velocity had a negative value of -c/310 (c=speed of light).

But, because the cost of restoring the house is so high, in real estate terms, the house has a negative value".

"If Brighton wants to increase the amount of plastic it is collecting, it will take a huge investment to put the technology in place at a time when the material has a negative value," he said.

From the static light scattering results, PVC/DOA solution has a negative value of the second virial coefficient, A2 value (ca. −3.65×10−4 cmolmol g−2) at 30°C, implying that a repulsive force appeared between PVC chains and DOA.

Ajay Rajadhyaksha of Barclays Capital estimates that Freddie's balance-sheet has a negative value of at least $20 billion when marked at market prices; Fannie is $3 billion in the red.