Look up: Positive


  1. Positive
    [linguistics] Positive is the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed, in English, with the suffixes -ier, -lier, -iest, or -liest, or the forms more/less for polysyllabic adjectives/adverbs. In English, good is a positive adjectival form corresponding ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_(linguistics)

  2. positive
    [Adjective] Something favourable or good; showing confidence and optimism (results or comments); clear and definite.
    Example: The student had a very positive attitude to his studies.

    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  3. positive
    [adj] - having a positive electric charge 2. [adj] - (medicine) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen 3. [adj] - (mathematics) greater than zero 4. [adj] - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. 5. [adj] - for...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=positive

  4. Positive
    Symbol : +A quantity or value that is greater than zero.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/p/o/positive/source.html

  5. Positive
    Film or print reproduction of an original containing the same color relationship and subject placement as the original.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  6. positive
    An artwork master or production master in which the intended conductive pattern is opaque to light, and the areas intended to be free from conductive material are transparent.
    Found op http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0100_gls/glossary/glossp.htm

  7. positive
    1) (adjective) Describing an artwork, artwork master, or production master in which the intended conductive pattern is opaque, and the areas to be free from conductive material are transparent to light.
    Found op http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0100_gls/glossary/glossp.htm

  8. Positive
    The opposite of a negative for example an image with the same tonal relationships as those in the original scan. Most prints and slides are positive.
    Found op http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%20glossary/rods%20photographic%20gl

  9. Positive
    The opposite of a negative, an image with the same tonal relationships as those in the original scenes-for example, a finished print or a slide.
    Found op http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%20glossary/rods%20photographic%20gl

  10. Positive
    Pos'i·tive adjective [ Middle English positif , French positif , Latin positivus . See Position .] 1. Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative . '
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/132

  11. Positive
    Pos'i·tive noun 1. That which is capable of being affirmed; reality. South. 2. That which settles by absolute appointment. 3. (Gram.) The positive degree or form. 4. (Photog.) A picture in which ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/132

  12. Positive
    Pos'i·tive adjective 1. (Mach. & Mech.) (a) Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, is communicated through an unyielding intermedia...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/132



  1. positive
    Having a value greater than zero, indicating existence or presence of a condition, organism, etc. As chromatin positive or Wassermann positive, characterised by affirmation or cooperation. ... Origin: L. Positivus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?positive

  2. positive
    prescribed adjective formally laid down or imposed; `positive laws`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=positive

  3. positive
    adjective greater than zero; `positive numbers`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=positive

  4. positive
    noun a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=positive

  5. positive
    adjective having a positive electric charge; `protons are positive`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=positive

  6. positive
    (poz´ĭ-tiv) having a value greater than zero. indicating existence or presence, as chromatin-positive. characterized by affirmation or cooperation.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Positive
    • (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, is communicated through an unyielding intermediate piece or pieces; as, a claw clutch is a positive clutch, while a friction clutch is not. • (a...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/positive/

  8. positive
    (L. positivus) having a value greater than zero; indicating existence or presence of a condition, organism, etc. as chromatin positive or Wassermann positive; characterized by affirmation or cooperation.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio69.html

  9. Positive
    Refers to 'what is,' in contrast to normative which involves value judgments as to 'what ought to be.' The word is not, in this use, the opposite of either 'negative' or 'harmful.'
    Found op http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/p.html

  10. Positive
    A photographic image which appears as the original image, as opposed to a negative which reverses the black and white.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21023

  11. Positive
    The opposite of a negative for example an image with the same tonal relationships as those in the original scan. Most prints and slides are positive
    Found op http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html

  12. Positive
    Photographic image on film that corresponds to the original copy; the reverse of a negative.
    Found op http://www.nmoa.org/Library/index.htm

  13. positive
    direct electroplated copy of a master negative, having a groove similar to that on a disk NOTE 1 - The positive can be played as a disk or used to generate stampers. NOTE 2 - See figure 806-2.
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=806-13-52

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