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Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:

Mathematics and science

  • Converging lens or positive lens, in optics
  • Plus sign, the sign "+" used to indicate a positive number
  • Positive (electricity), a polarity of electrical charge
  • Positive element of a C*-algebra (such as a bounded linear operator) whose spectrum consists of positive real numbers
  • Positive formula, a logical formula not containing negation
  • Positive number, a number that is greater than 0
  • Positive (photography), a positive image, in which the color and luminance correlates directly with that in the depicted scene
  • Positive result, a result that has been found significant in statistical hypothesis testing
  • Positive sense, said of an RNA sequence that codes for a protein
  • Positive test, a diagnostic test result that indicates some parameter being evaluated was present

Philosophy and humanities

  • Affirmative (linguistics), a property of a non-negated expression (the opposite of negative)
  • Affirmative (policy debate), the team which affirms the resolution
  • Negative and positive rights, concerning the moral obligation of a person to do something for/to someone
  • Positive economics, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic actors, as opposed to the normative aspect
  • Positive law, man-made law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from deities or morality)
  • Positive liberty, the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one's own potential
  • Positive (linguistics), the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes or the use of more or less
  • Positive affectivity, the psychological capability to respond positively
  • Positive psychology, a branch of psychology
  • Positive statement, in economics and philosophy, a (possibly incorrect) factual statement about what is, as opposed to what should be (a normative statement)

Popular culture

  • Positive (1990 film), a documentary film about AIDS and activism
  • Positive (2007 film), a short film in Hindi on HIV and AIDS
  • Positive (2008 film), a 2008 Malayalam language film directed by V. K. Prakash
  • Positive (TV series), a Filipino drama series
  • "(Gotta Be) Positive", a song by Eddy Grant from Reparation
  • Positive hardcore, a subgenre of hardcore punk
  • Positive (EP), sixth EP by South Korean band Pentagon
  • Positive organ
  • Posi2ive (Podcast Series), a podcast on Venture Scale Positive Impacts

Other uses

  • Positive sign, in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs

See also

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