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positive - a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject |
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film,
photographic film a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"
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lantern slide,
slide the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
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positive - the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution |
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adjective the word class that qualifies nouns
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adverb the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
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| Adjektiv |
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positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" |
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negative expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
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neutral having no net electric charge
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affirmative,
affirmatory affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"
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constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
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optimistic expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"
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supportive furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
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quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
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affirmative,
optimistic affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"
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constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
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positive - greater than zero; "positive numbers" |
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plus involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
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math,
mathematics,
maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
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positive - indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" |
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confirming |
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disconfirming,
negative establishing as invalid or untrue
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medical specialty,
medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
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gram-positive (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method
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positive - having a positive charge; "protons are positive" |
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electropositive |
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charged of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; "charged particles"; "a charged battery"
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positive - formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" |
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prescribed |
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formal being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
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positive - reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; "positive increase in graduating students" |
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negative expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
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