positive
suomi-englanti sanakirjapositive englannista suomeksi
vuorenvarma
positiivi, perusaste
ehdoton
positiivinen, myönteinen
positivistinen
säädetty
aivan varma
Substantiivi
positiivinen suure">positiivinen suure, positiivinen luku">positiivinen luku
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) Greater than zero. (defdate)
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(senseid) Greater than or equal to zero.
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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.
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(senseid)Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
(quote-journal), who seems at first to be a likable guy but is actually a positive sexist.
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.
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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.
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The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
A positive result of a test.
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