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Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:

Mathematics and science [link]

• 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 [link]

• 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 referring to either
  • something being value-free, the opposite of normative
  • the act of something being described in terms of facts alone
• 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 [link]

• Positive (film), a short film in Hindi on HIV and AIDS
• "(Gotta Be) Positive", a song by Eddy Grant from Reparation
• Positive hardcore, a sub genre of hardcore punk.

Other uses [link]

• Positive sign - in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs
• Positive affectivity - the psychological capability to respond positively
• Beneficial - see wiktionary

See also [link]

• HIV positive people
• Negative (disambiguation)
• Negative (photography), as opposed to positive images used in such applications as slide projection or photo emulsion stencil-making
• Normative
• Optimism
• Positif
• Positive action (disambiguation)
• Positive (2008 film), a 2008 Malayalam language film directed by V. K. Prakash
• Positive organ

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