Definition of positive

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Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals..

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Additive :: Additive (a.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
Absinthate :: Absinthate (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
Suppositor :: Suppositive (n.) A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc..
Basyle :: Basyle (n.) A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element..
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
Agnosticism :: Agnosticism (n.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism..
Electro-polar :: Electro-polar (a.) Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor..
Dispositively :: Dispositively (adv.) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
Positive :: Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
Melanotype :: Melanotype (n.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture..
Categorical :: Categorical (a.) Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer..
Diaphanotype :: Diaphanotype (n.) A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one.
Cation :: Cation (n.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion..
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..
Determinate :: Determinate (a.) Conclusive; decisive; positive.
Confidently :: Confidently (adv.) With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
Positiveness :: Positiveness (n.) The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a..
Superlative :: Superlative (a.) Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright..
Say :: Say (v. t.) To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to..
Appositive :: Appositive (a.) Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
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