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adj/ˈpɑzɪtɪv//-ɾɪv/
  1. 1

    Included, present, characterized by affirmation.

  2. 2

    Formally laid down.

    • In laws, that which is natural bindeth universally; that which is positive, not so.
  3. 3

    Stated definitively and without qualification.

    • Positive words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward’s son.
  4. 4

    Fully assured in opinion.

    • I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.
  5. 5

    Greater than zero.

  6. 6

    Greater than or equal to zero.sometimes

    • Notice that each time the calculator balance becomes positive (zero or greater), the dollar item that forces this balance to become positive is selected for examination. Since each of these dollar items is contained […]
    • a step 10 which judges whether each of the m amounts of differences in amount of voltage changes ΔHv1 to ΔHvm are positive (zero or greater than zero) or negative (less than zero): and […]
  7. 7

    Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.

    • Not to conſent to the Enacting of ſuch a Law, which has no view beſide to general Good, unleſs another Law ſhall at the ſame time paſs, with no other view but that of advancing the Power of one Party alone; What is this but to claim a posit
  8. 8

    Overconfident, dogmatic.

    • Some positive, persisting fops we know, That, if once wrong, will needs be always so.
  9. 9

    Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.

    • 1885, Marcellin Berthelot, Les Origines de l'Alkimie as quoted in M. M. Pattison Muir, A History of Chemical Theories and Laws, 1907. Chemistry is not a primitive science, like geometry or astronomy; it is constructed from the debris of a p
  10. 10

    Having more protons than electrons.

    • A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.
noun/ˈpɑzɪtɪv//-ɾɪv/
  1. 1

    A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.

    • rating Positives by their Privatives
  2. 2

    A favourable point or characteristic.

    • Not a bad situation when we weigh all the positives.
  3. 3

    Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.

  4. 4

    A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

  5. 5

    An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.

  6. 6

    A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.

  7. 7

    The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

  8. 8

    A positive result of a test.

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