Positive

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

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

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

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 […]

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 positive Voice as well as a negative?

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

[I]f the privation be good, it followes not the former condition was evill, but lesse good; for the flower or blossome, is a positive good, although the remove of it to give place to the fruit, be a comparative good.

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 previous scientific formation; a formation half chimerical and half positive...

A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.

‘Better’ is an irregular comparative of the positive form ‘good’.

The idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes of individuals.

positive knowledge

The box was not empty – I felt some positive substance within it.

In other cases of moral alienation there will be found to have been more or less congenital moral defect, with maniacal exacerbations of positive moral insanity occurring perhaps at puberty, perhaps at the menstrual periods, perhaps after severe disappointment.

The results of our experiment are positive.

Ben […], who seems at first to be a likable guy but is actually a positive sexist.

A positive photograph can be developed from a photographic negative.

The first-night reviews were largely positive.

Good lord, you've built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here.

He has a positive outlook on life.

We certainly told him at that time that I was negative. We talked about transmission. We told him we don't do anything that would cause me to become positive.

positive energy; positive thoughts, feelings or emotions

Negative feelings can be worked through and their energy converted into positive energy... In crisis, normal patterns of self-organization fail, resulting in anxiety (negative energy). Being open systems, people can exchange this energy with the environment and create positive energy for taking action...

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