Definition of positive

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Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.

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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..
Dispositive :: Dispositive (a.) Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive.
Negatively :: Negatively (adv.) In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.
Bromide :: Bromide (n.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
Definitive :: Definitive (a.) Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
Bicarbonate :: Bicarbonate (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To declare or assert positively.
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..
Assertion :: Assertion (n.) The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced..
Characteristic :: Characteristic (n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Absoluteness :: Absoluteness (n.) The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
Mood :: Mood (n.) Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted..
Positive :: Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
Recital :: Recital (n.) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation..
Comtism :: Comtism (n.) Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.
Potentially :: Potentially (adv.) In a potential manner; possibly, not positively..
Comparative :: Comparative (a.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright..
Roundness :: Roundness (n.) Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion..
Allegation :: Allegation (n.) The act of alleging or positively asserting.
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