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- Positive - a. - Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
- Positive - a. - Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
- Positive - a. - Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
- Positive - a. - Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
- Positive - a. - Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
- Positive - a. - Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
- Positive - a. - Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
- Positive - a. - Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
- Positive - a. - Electro-positive.
- Positive - a. - Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
- Positive - n. - That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
- Positive - n. - That which settles by absolute appointment.
- Positive - n. - The positive degree or form.
- Positive - n. - A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
- Positive - n. - The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
- Positively - adv. - In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
- Positiveness - n. - The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.
- Diaphanotype - n. - A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one.
- Positively - adv. - In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
- 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.
- Phenomenalism - n. - That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual.
- Positive - a. - Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
- Recital - n. - The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.
- 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.
- Zincous - a. - Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.
- Diamine - n. - A compound containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals, -- as contrasted with a diamide.
- Idorgan - n. - A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.
- Print - n. - A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper.
- Parabola - n. - One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.
- Positive - n. - The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
- Enough - adv. - Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
- Residue - n. - Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
- Assertion - n. - The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
- Avouchment - n. - The act of avouching; positive declaration.
- Anelectrode - n. - The positive pole of a voltaic battery.
- Borate - n. - A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
- Acetate - n. - A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
- Basyle - n. - A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.
- Jural - a. - Pertaining to natural or positive right.
- Statute - n. - An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.
- Characteristic - n. - The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
- Anode - n. - The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
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- G459 ἄνομος - 459 ἄνομος - ἌΝΟΜΟΣ - - ánomos - an'-om-os - from Α (as a negative particle) and νόμος; lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked:--without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked. - Adjective - greek
- G820 ἄτιμος - 820 ἄτιμος - ἌΤΙΜΟΣ - - átimos - at'-ee-mos - from Α (as a negative particle) and τιμή; (negatively) unhonoured or (positively) dishonoured:--despised, without honour, less honourable (comparative degree). - Adjective - greek
- G570 ἀπιστία - 570 ἀπιστία - ἈΠΙΣΤΊΑ - - apistía - ap-is-tee'-ah - from ἄπιστος; faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience):--unbelief. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G1301 διατηρέω - 1301 διατηρέω - ΔΙΑΤΗΡΈΩ - - diatēréō - dee-at-ay-reh'-o - from διά and τηρέω; to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly:--keep. - Verb - greek
- H3533 כָּבַשׁ - 3533 כָּבַשׁ - כָּבַשׁ - - kâbash - kaw-bash' - a primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate; bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection. - Verb - heb
- H4513 מָנַע - 4513 מָנַע - מָנַע - - mânaʻ - maw-nah' - a primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury; deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold. - Verb - heb
- H8633 תֹּקֶף - 8633 תֹּקֶף - תֹּקֶף - - tôqeph - to'-kef - from תָּקַף; might or (figuratively) positiveness; authority, power, strength. - Noun Masculine - heb