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Positive
Positive Pos"i*tive, a.
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 intermediate piece or pieces;
as, a claw clutch is a positive clutch, while a
friction clutch is not.
(b) Designating, or pertaining to, a device giving a
to-and-fro motion; as, a positive dobby.
Positive
Positive Pos"i*tive, n.
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 the lights and shades
correspond in position with those of the original, instead
of being reversed, as in a negative. --R. Hunt.
5. (Elec.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic
cell.
Meaning of Positive from wikipedia
- Look up
positive or A
positive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Positive is a
property of
positivity and may
refer to:
Positive formula, a
logical formula...
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Positive affectivity (PA) is a
human characteristic that
describes how much
people experience positive affects (sensations, emotions, sentiments); and...
- mathematics,
positive semidefinite may
refer to:
Positive semidefinite function Positive semidefinite matrix Positive semidefinite quadratic form
Positive semidefinite...
- particular:
Positive-definite
bilinear form
Positive-definite
function Positive-definite
function on a
group Positive-definite
functional Positive-definite...
- Look up
positivity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Positivity may
refer to: The
degree to
which something is
positive Positive charge, a type of electric...
- A
false positive is an
error in
binary classification in
which a test
result incorrectly indicates the
presence of a
condition (such as a
disease when...
- A
totally positive matrix has all
entries positive, so it is also a
positive matrix; and it has all prin****l
minors positive (and
positive eigenvalues)...
- In bacteriology, Gram-
positive bacteria are
bacteria that give a
positive result in the Gram
stain test,
which is
traditionally used to
quickly classify...
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Positive liberty is the
possession of the
power and
resources to act in the
context of the
structural limitations of the
broader society which impacts...
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Positive feedback (exacerbating feedback, self-reinforcing feedback) is a
process that
occurs in a
feedback loop
where the
outcome of a
process reinforces...
