positive

Positive ( Latin positum : set, placed) stands for:

• in analog photography:
  • a paper copy or a duplicate, see positive (photography)
  • the positive film material, i.e. the reversal film , see slide (photography)
• Music: a small standing organ, see positive (musical instrument) or a work of an organ .
• an album by the rock band Rockhaus, see Positiv (album)
• Linguistics: the undeveloped form of the adjective , see comparison

An adjective used, is positive for:

• Colloquially: a synonym used in an evaluative way for happy , optimistic , affirmative .
• Radio traffic: for an affirmative , in order to avoid misunderstandings
• Math: for a property
  • of numbers, see positive and negative numbers
  • of bilinear forms, see positive defin .
• Theology: one direction in German Protestantism of the imperial era, see positive (church direction)
• Natural sciences, especially medicine: a finding that is considered evidence. The “positive” result of a cancer screening test is the detection of cancer cells in a tissue sample, the “negative” is their absence. See also positivism for the philosophy of science, which is based on this dualism.
• Physics: positive and negative charge, see electrical charge
• Positive sciences are free from a value judgment; they describe without evaluating. (Max Weber's postulate of freedom from value judgments).
• Positive law is an established expression from jurisprudence.

See also:

• negative

Wiktionary: positive  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Positive  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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