Positive
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, in linguistics, is a non-negated expression, as opposed to negative. See grammatical polarity
- Affirmative (policy debate), the team which affirms the resolution
- A positive image, in photography, is one in which the value (lightness–darkness) correlates positively with that in the scene depicted
- 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 is 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 psychology, a branch of psychology
- Positive science, for a general usage in humanities and social sciences
- Positive statement, in economics, a (possibly incorrect) factual statement
- Positivism, in philosophy, the name for theories which aim to be based on facts alone, eschewing metaphysics and religion
In popular culture
Other uses
- Positive sign, in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs
See also