positive
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- adjective
- /ˈpɑːzɪtɪv/
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positivo
- To balance the two energy terms, it acts as a regularization parameter with a positive value.
- positive number
- positive value
- strictly positive
Every possible X value is a positive value on this graph, correct?
- Every possible X value is a positive value on this graph, correct?
- And one of those blows up at either positive Infinity or negative Infinity.
- Every power you put there will give you a positive number greater than zero.
- We are last month we were cash flow positive.
Examples
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Every power you put there will give you a positive number greater than zero.
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Production credit for the 1984-1985 harvest carried positive rates of interest for the first time since the early 1970s.
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First you have the natural numbers, the ones that are whole and positive, like the numbers of a small child.
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Every possible X value is a positive value on this graph, correct?
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Exchange rates were fixed, and maintaining a positive current account position was an important goal of government policy.
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The direction of treatment effects was set so that positive values implied greater improvement in student performance.
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If enacted, the regulations would be a positive step toward addressing the root cause of contempt.
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I like how it weighs the slim possibility of a positive financial outcome against the enormous potential litigation costs.
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Among the MDR-TB contacts, 124 (60%) had positive tuberculin skin test results consistent with latent TB infection.
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In mathematics, a positive number is a value greater than zero.
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
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Morphology
Etymology
Positive comes from the Latin posit- from ponere 'to put', and in mathematics it came to mean 'greater than zero' or 'on the plus side'. So a positive number is one that is more than zero and is placed to the right of zero on the number line.