Definition of positive

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Positive (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

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Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact..
Downright :: Downright (a.) Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way..
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..
Definitive :: Definitive (a.) Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
Acetate :: Acetate (n.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash..
Literature :: Literature (n.) The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres..
Dispositively :: Dispositively (adv.) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
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..
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles..
Peremptory :: Peremptory (a.) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
Phenomenalism :: Phenomenalism (n.) That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To declare or assert positively.
Categorically :: Categorically (adv.) Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically..
Decided :: Decided (a.) Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose..
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..
Prepositive :: Prepositive (a.) Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle..
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..
Arsenide :: Arsenide (n.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret..
Disqualify :: Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness..
Negatively :: Negatively (adv.) In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.
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