positive
suomi-englanti sanakirjapositive englannista suomeksi
vuorenvarma
positiivi, perusaste
ehdoton
positiivinen, myönteinen
positivistinen
säädetty
aivan varma
Substantiivi
Verbi
positive englanniksi
Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
Formally down|laid down. (defdate)
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Stated definitively and without qualification. (defdate)
(RQ:Bacon Henry 7)
Fully assured in opinion. (defdate)
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(senseid) Of number, greater than zero. (defdate)
(hyper)
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
(RQ:Swift Nobles and Commons)
Overconfident, dogmatic.
(RQ:Pope Essay on Criticism)
(senseid) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
(RQ:Bacon Colours of Good and Evil)
1885, (w), ''Les Origines de l'Alkimie'' as quoted in (w), ''A History of Chemical Theories and Laws'', 1907.
- Chemistry is not a primitive science, like geometry or astronomy; it is constructed from the debris of a previous scientific formation; a formation half chimerical and half positive...
Having more protons than electrons.
Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
(senseid)Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
Wholly what is expressed; ''colloquially'' downright, entire, outright.
Optimistic. (defdate)
basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
quoted in 2013, William I. Johnston, ''HIV-Negative: How the Uninfected Are Affected by AIDS'' (page 145)
- We certainly told him at that time that I was negative. We talked about transmission. We told him we don't do anything that would cause me to become positive.
Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
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(quote-journal), who seems at first to be a likable guy but is actually a positive sexist.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
(RQ:South Twelve Sermons)
A favourable point or characteristic.
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.
(cot)
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
A positive result of a test.
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