Look up: positive

1. 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.
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2. 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...
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3. Positive
   Symbol : +A quantity or value that is greater than zero.
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4. Positive
   Film or print reproduction of an original containing the same color relationship and subject placement as the original.
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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7. positive
   a matrix with a surface like that which is to be ultimately produced by electro-forming Category: Chemistry • Exact image of copy as distinguished from reverse image or negative. Category: General • a photographic image with tonal or colour values as in the original Category: General
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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.
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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.
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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 . '
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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 ...
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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...
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13. 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) ...
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14. positive
    prescribed adjective formally laid down or imposed; `positive laws`
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15. positive
    adjective greater than zero; `positive numbers`
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16. positive
    noun a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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17. positive
    adjective having a positive electric charge; `protons are positive`
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18. positive
    (poz´ĭ-tiv) having a value greater than zero. indicating existence or presence, as chromatin-positive. characterized by affirmation or cooperation.
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19. 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...
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20. 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.
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21. 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.'
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22. Positive
    A photographic image which appears as the original image, as opposed to a negative which reverses the black and white.
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23. 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
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24. Positive
    Photographic image on film that corresponds to the original copy; the reverse of a negative.
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25. 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.
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