Compositive :: Compositive (a.) Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
Dispositive :: Dispositive (a.) Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive.
Dispositive :: Dispositive (a.) Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency..
Dispositively :: Dispositively (adv.) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
Electro-positive :: Electro-positive (a.) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative..
Electro-positive :: Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid..
Electro-positive :: Electro-positive (n.) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
Expositive :: Expositive (a.) Serving to explain; expository.
Oppositive :: Oppositive (a.) Capable of being put in opposition.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals..
Positive :: Positive (n.) That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
Positive :: Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
Positive :: Positive (n.) The positive degree or form.
Positive :: Positive (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative..
Positive :: Positive (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Positively :: Positively (adv.) In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
Positiveness :: Positiveness (n.) The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a..
Positivism :: Positivism (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useles