Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:

Mathematics and science

* Positive formula, a logical formula not containing negation *

Positive number In mathematics, the sign of a real number is its property of being either positive, negative, or zero. Depending on local conventions, zero may be considered as being neither positive nor negative (having no sign or a unique third sign), or it ...

, a number that is greater than 0 *

Plus sign The plus and minus signs, and , are mathematical symbols used to represent the notions of positive and negative, respectively. In addition, represents the operation of addition, which results in a sum, while represents subtraction, res ...

, the sign "+" used to indicate a positive number *

Positive operator In mathematics (specifically linear algebra, operator theory, and functional analysis) as well as physics, a linear operator A acting on an inner product space is called positive-semidefinite (or ''non-negative'') if, for every x \in \mathop(A), \l ...

, a type of linear operator in mathematics * Positive result, a result that has been found significant in statistical hypothesis testing * Positive test, a diagnostic test result that indicates some parameter being evaluated was present *

Positive charge Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes charged matter to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. Electric charge can be ''positive'' or ''negative'' (commonly carried by protons and electrons resp ...

, one of the two types of electrical charge *

Positive (electrical polarity) An electric current is a stream of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space. It is measured as the net rate of flow of electric charge through a surface or into a control volume. The moving par ...

, in electrical circuits * Positive lens, in optics *

Positive (photography) Positive has multiple meanings in the world of photography. The two main definitions of positive photography include positive space and positive film. Positive space Positive space is the idea that any part of a photo that includes the subject, s ...

, a positive image, in which the color and luminance correlates directly with that in the depicted scene *

Positive sense In molecular biology and genetics, the sense of a nucleic acid molecule, particularly of a strand of DNA or RNA, refers to the nature of the roles of the strand and its complement in specifying a sequence of amino acids. Depending on the contex ...

, said of an RNA sequence that codes for a protein

Philosophy and humanities

Affirmative (policy debate) Policy debate is an American form of debate competition in which teams of two usually advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government. It is also referred to as cross-examinat ...

, the team which affirms the resolution *

Negative and positive rights Negative and positive rights are rights that oblige either inaction (''negative rights'') or action (''positive rights''). These obligations may be of either a legal or moral character. The notion of positive and negative rights may also be ap ...

, concerning the moral obligation of a person to do something for/to someone *

Positive economics Positive economics (as opposed to normative economics) is the part of economics that deals with positive statements. That is, it focuses on the description, quantification and explanation of economic phenomena. Stanley Wong (1987). "positive econom ...

, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic actors, as opposed to the normative aspect *

Positive law Positive laws ( la, links=no, ius positum) are human-made laws that oblige or specify an action. Positive law also describes the establishment of specific rights for an individual or group. Etymologically, the name derives from the verb ''to posit ...

, man-made law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from deities or morality) *

Positive liberty Positive liberty is the possession of the power and resources to act in the context of the structural limitations of the broader society which impacts a person's ability to act, as opposed to negative liberty, which is freedom from external restra ...

, the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one's own potential *

Affirmative (linguistics) In linguistics and grammar, affirmation ( abbreviated ) and negation () are ways in which grammar encodes positive and negative polarity into verb phrases, clauses, or other utterances. An affirmative (positive) form is used to express the vali ...

, a property of a non-negated expression (the opposite of ''negative'') *

Positive (linguistics) Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe. In languages ...

, the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes or the use of ''more'' or ''less'' *

Positive affectivity Positive affectivity (PA) is a human characteristic that describes how much people experience positive affects (sensations, emotions, sentiments); and as a consequence how they interact with others and with their surroundings. People with high po ...

, the psychological capability to respond positively *

Positive psychology Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living, focusing on both individual and societal well-being. It studies "positive subjective experience, positive individual traits, and positive institutions...it aims t ...

, a branch of psychology *

Positive statement In the social sciences and philosophy, a positive or descriptive statement concerns what "is", "was", or "will be", excluding statements of what is (in the absolute or true sense), was or will be moral. Positive statements are thus the opposite of ...

, in economics and philosophy, a (possibly incorrect) factual statement about what ''is'', as opposed to what ''should be'' (a normative statement)

Films and television

* ''Positive'' (1990 film), a documentary film about AIDS and activism * ''Positive'' (2007 film), a short film in Hindi on HIV and AIDS * ''Positive'' (2008 film), a 2008 Malayalam language film directed by V. K. Prakash * ''Positive'' (TV series), a Filipino drama series

Music

* ''Positive'', an album by American singer

Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...

* ''Positive'', an album by Japanese producer

Tofubeats , known professionally as Tofubeats, is a Japanese singer, record producer, and DJ. Kawai began producing music at the age of 14, under the name "DJ Newtown". He initially distributed his music online through websites such as 2channel and YouTub ...

* ''Positive'', the sixth EP by South Korean band

Pentagon In geometry, a pentagon (from the Greek πέντε ''pente'' meaning ''five'' and γωνία ''gonia'' meaning ''angle'') is any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagon may be sim ...

* "Positive", a 1994 song by Baboon from ''

Face Down in Turpentine ''Face Down in Turpentine'' is the first studio album by the band Baboon. It was released in June 13, 1994 on Grass Records Wind-up Entertainment was an American independent record label founded by Alan and Diana Meltzer in 1997. It was base ...

'' * "Positive", a 2011 song by Taio Cruz from '' TY.O'' * "(Gotta Be) Positive", a song by Eddy Grant from '' Reparation'' *

Positive hardcore Positive hardcore (sometimes shortened to posicore or posi-core) is a branch of the hardcore punk music scene, that is socially aware, or focuses on values, such as being inclusive, community-oriented, and anti-violent. The genre was created as a ...

, a subgenre of hardcore punk *

Positive organ A positive organ (also positiv organ, positif organ, portable organ, chair organ, or simply positive, positiv, positif, or chair) (from the Latin verb ''ponere'', "to place") is a small, usually one-manual, pipe organ that is built to be more o ...

Other uses

* Positive sign, in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs

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