Positive Explained
Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:
Mathematics and science
- Positive formula, a logical formula not containing negation
- Positive number, a number that is greater than 0
- Plus sign, the sign "+" used to indicate a positive number
- Positive operator, a type of linear operator in mathematics
- Positive result, a result that has been found significant in statistical hypothesis testing
- Positive test, a diagnostic test result that indicates some parameter being evaluated was present
- Positive charge, one of the two types of electrical charge
- Positive (electrical polarity), in electrical circuits
- Positive lens, in optics
- Positive (photography), a positive image, in which the color and luminance correlates directly with that in the depicted scene
- Positive sense, said of an RNA sequence that codes for a protein
Philosophy and humanities
- Affirmative (policy debate), the team which affirms the resolution
- Negative and positive rights, concerning the moral obligation of a person to do something for/to someone
- Positive economics, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic actors, as opposed to the normative aspect
- Positive law, man-made law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from deities or morality)
- Positive liberty, the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one's own potential
- Affirmative (linguistics), a property of a non-negated expression (the opposite of negative)
- Positive (linguistics), the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes or the use of more or less
- Positive affectivity, the psychological capability to respond positively
- Positive psychology, a branch of psychology
- Positive statement, in economics and philosophy, a (possibly incorrect) factual statement about what is, as opposed to what should be (a normative statement)
Films and television
Music
Other uses
- Positive sign, in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs
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