'Reversed positive' definitions:

Definition of 'Reversed positive'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. [1913 Webster]
  • Reversed positive or Reversed negative (Photog.), a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. --Abney. [1913 Webster]