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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
- Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to: Converging lens or positive lens, in optics Plus sign, the sign "+" used to indicate a positive...
- Be Positive (Hangul: 긍정이 체질; RR: geungjeong-i chejil; lit. Positive Constitution) is a South Korean web series starring Do Kyung-soo, Chae Seo-jin and...
- Positive feedback is a process that occurs in a feedback loop in which the effects of a small disturbance on a system include an increase in the magnitude...
- (also called the true positive rate, the recall, or probability of detection in some fields) measures the proportion of actual positives that are correctly...
- Positivity may refer to: The degree to which something is positive Positive charge, a type of electric charge Positivity/negativity ratio Positivity effect...
- Stay Positive may refer to: Stay Positive (album), an album by The Hold Steady "Stay Positive" (The Streets song) Stay+ - British band...
- In mathematics, positive semidefinite may refer to: Positive-semidefinite matrix Positive-semidefinite function Semidefinite bilinear form...
- positive is an error in data reporting in which a test result improperly indicates presence of a condition, such as a disease (the result is positive)...
- {\displaystyle M} is said to be positive definite if the scalar z T M z {\displaystyle z^{\textsf {T}}Mz} is strictly positive for every non-zero column vector...
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of positive airway pressure ventilator, which applies mild air pressure on a continuous basis to...
