Definition of positive

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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..

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Comtism :: Comtism (n.) Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.
Print :: Print (v. t.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface..
Electro-negative :: Electro-negative (a.) Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other..
Peremptory :: Peremptory (a.) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
Base :: Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids..
Electro-positive :: Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid..
Belief :: Belief (n.) Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses..
Positive :: Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons..
Alloxanate :: Alloxanate (n.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.
Phenomenalism :: Phenomenalism (n.) That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual..
Dispositive :: Dispositive (a.) Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive.
Positive :: Positive (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
Allegation :: Allegation (n.) That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment.
Determinate :: Determinate (a.) Conclusive; decisive; positive.
Downright :: Downright (a.) Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way..
Conclusively :: Conclusively (adv.) In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively.
Assertion :: Assertion (n.) The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced..
Anode :: Anode (n.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode..
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