positive
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5.9
- adjective
- /ˈpɑːzɪtɪv/
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positivo
- Ms. Orcutt's blood type is O-positive.
- positive charge
- positive and negative
- positive current
So there was the electrons where these negative point particles inside a positive field.
- So there was the electrons where these negative point particles inside a positive field.
Examples
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The storm sends down a negative charge, basically searching for positive charges on the ground.
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When I do, you take this end of this cable... ...hook it up to the positive side of the boat battery.
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Pull up the positive charge on the oxygen.
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The good news is, he is O positive, and we've got lots of that.
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Such trauma can be avoided by means of continuous positive airway pressure mask support.
Academic text (1992) -
We found a positive correlation between strains with superior spreading capacity and their relative immunogenicity.
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Solid materials have atoms in their interiors containing lots of positive electric charges.
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The remaining atom, now ionized, with a net positive charge, readily recombines with other free-flying electrons nearby.
Synonyms
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5.1
Having more positive than negative electric particles
Having a positive electric charge, often in water
Likely to lose electrons and become positively charged
Antonyms
Compounds
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A process where a small change causes larger changes in a system
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An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
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Part of economics that describes, explains, and predicts how the economy works without giving opinions
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A blood group whose red blood cells have the Rh factor, common in most people
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An adverb that shows a simple way something happens, not a comparison
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The base form of an adjective or adverb that shows a quality without comparison
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The end of a magnet that points toward the north when it hangs freely
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A small particle with positive electric charge that turns into other tiny particles
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A battery terminal marked with a plus sign that connects to the red wire
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A thing given after a behavior that makes it more likely to happen again
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Something pleasant that someone gives after a behavior to make it happen again
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Something like praise or a reward that makes someone do something again
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Positive comes from the Latin root posit- from ponere 'to put', and in science it names one 'placed' type of electrical charge. So a positive charge is the kind of electric charge (carried by protons) that is the opposite of 'negative'.