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Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:
Mathematics and science
- Converging lens or positive lens, in optics
- Plus sign The plus and minus signs are mathematical symbols used to represent the notions of positive and negative as well as the operations of addition and subtraction. Their use has been extended to many other meanings, more or less analogous. Plus and minus are Latin terms meaning "more" and "less", respectively, the sign "+" used to indicate a positive number
- Positive (electricity), a polarity of electrical charge
- Positive element of a C*-algebra (such as a bounded linear operator) whose spectrum consists of positive real numbers
- Positive formula, a logical formula not containing negation
- Positive number A negative number is a real number that is less than zero, such as −3. A positive number is a real number that is greater than zero, such as 2. Zero itself is neither positive nor negative. The non-negative numbers are the real numbers that are not negative . The non-positive numbers are the real numbers that are not positive (they are negative, a number that is greater than 0
- Positive (photography), a positive image, in which the color and luminance correlates directly with that in the depicted scene
- Positive sense Sense, when applied in a molecular biology context, is a general concept used to compare the polarity of nucleic acid molecules, such as DNA or RNA, to other nucleic acid molecules. Depending on the context within molecular biology, sense may have slightly different meanings, said of an RNA sequence that codes for a protein
- Positive test, a diagnostic test result that indicates some parameter being evaluated was present
Philosophy and humanities
- Affirmative, in linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of meaning (semantics and pragmatics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and composition of words), syntax (the rules that determine how words, is a non-negated expression, as opposed to negative. See grammatical polarity
- Affirmative (policy debate), the team which affirms the resolution
- A positive image, in photography Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving pictures by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an electronic sensor. Photography uses foremost radiation in the UV, visible and near-IR spectrum. For common purposes the term light is used in stead of radiation. Light, is one in which the value (lightness–darkness) correlates positively with that in the scene depicted
- Negative and positive rights Libertarians and some political scientists make a distinction between negative and positive rights . According to this view, positive rights permit or oblige action, whereas negative rights permit or oblige inaction. These permissions or obligations may be of either a legal or moral character. Likewise, the notion of positive and negative rights, concerning the moral obligation of a person to do something for/to someone
- Positive economics Positive economics is the branch of economics that concerns the description and explanation of economic phenomena . It focuses on facts and cause-and-effect relationships and includes the development and testing of economics theories. Earlier terms were value-free economics and its German counterpart wertfrei economics. These terms were challenged, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic actors, as opposed to the normative aspect
- Positive law In the strictest sense, it is law made by human beings, that is, "Law actually and specifically enacted or adopted by proper authority for the government of an organized jural society." This term is also sometimes used to refer to the legal philosophy, legal positivism, as distinct from the schools of natural law and legal realism is man-made law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from God or morality)
- Positive liberty Positive liberty refers to having the power and resources to act to fulfill one's own potential, as opposed to negative liberty, which refers to freedom from restraint. Inherent to positive liberty is the idea that liberty is the ability of citizens to participate in their government, or in voluntary co-operation in the case of anarchists, the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one's own potential
- Positive (linguistics) Positive is the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes -ier, -lier, -iest, or -liest, or the forms more/less for polysyllabic adjectives/adverbs. In English, good is a positive adjectival form corresponding to the comparative better and the superlative best. In French, bon corresponds to, the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes or the use of more or less
- Positive science In the humanities and social sciences, the term positive is used in a number of ways, for a general usage in humanities and social sciences
- Positive statement, in economics, a (possibly incorrect) factual statement
- Positivism Positivism refers to a set of epistemological perspectives and philosophies of science which hold that the scientific method is the best approach to uncovering the processes by which both physical and human events occur. Though the positivist approach has been a 'recurrent theme in the history of western thought from the Ancient Greeks to the, in philosophy, the name for theories which aim to be based on facts alone, eschewing metaphysics and religion
In popular culture
- Positive (film), a short film in Hindi on HIV and AIDS
- "(Gotta Be) Positive", a song by Eddy Grant from Reparation
Other uses
- Positive sign, in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs
See also
- HIV positive people
- Negative
- Negative (photography) Film for 35 mm cameras comes in long narrow strips of chemical-coated plastic. As each image is captured by the camera onto the film strip, the film strip advances so that the next image is projected onto unexposed film. When the film is developed it is a long strip of small negative images. This strip is often cut into sections for easier, as opposed to positive images used in such applications as slide projection or photo emulsion stencil-making
- Normative Normative has specialized meanings in several academic disciplines. Generically, it means relating to an ideal standard or model. In practice, it has strong connotations of relating to a typical standard or model
- Optimism The Oxford English Dictionary defines optimism as having "hopefulness and confidence about the future or successful outcome of something; a tendency to take a favourable or hopeful view." The word is originally derived from the Latin optimum, meaning "best." Being optimistic, in the typical sense of the word, ultimately means
- Positive action (disambiguation)
- Positive (2008 film), a 2008 Malayalam language film directed by V. K. Prakash
- Positive organ
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:00:43 GMT+00:00
Chicago Tribune A majority of the 600 Illinois registered voters surveyed still gave a positive review to Obama's performance as president but it is barely a majority. ...
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