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positivity

positivity

1 5.5
Having a plus electric charge at one end
  • noun
  • /ˌpɒzɪˈtɪvɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : positividad
  • Nodal positivity correlated with histological grade and tumor size, but not with estrogen receptor or c-erbB-2 status.
  • ASO positivity
  • S-100 positivity
  • antibody positivity

Heat capacities must be must have this positivity in the sense that if you add heat to a system, its temperature should go up.

Examples

  • In an electrical circuit, the positivity at one pole indicates a higher voltage compared to the other.

  • Electrodes are classified as either anode or cathode based on their positivity in the flow of current.

  • So the energy typically has some kind of positivity associated with it.

  • Heat capacities must be must have this positivity in the sense that if you add heat to a system, its temperature should go up.

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  • However, this positivity was recorded using conventional culture and biochemical methods.

    Academic text (2014)

  • If results of the second run met the criteria for positivity described above, ticks were considered positive for B. microti.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The percentage of virus positivity varied from 24.0% to 33.0% in different years from the three states.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Our study clearly shows that reticulin antibody positivity is associated with a genetic background similar to that in coeliac disease.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Reticulin-antibody positivity is an indicator of both silent and latent coeliac disease.

    Academic text (1991)

  • A few areas of focal positivity for S-100 and MIB-1, a marker for proliferation, were also seen.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

positive charge
vspositivity
  • Specialized
2 3.9

An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons

is the general state of having that electrical condition rather than a single instance

Antonyms

negativity
  • Specialized
7.0

A charge on a battery part that pulls positive particles

Compounds

body positivity
1 3.8

Accepting and liking all body shapes and sizes

How Positive

positivity
  • Specialized
1 5.5
neutrality
22 4.4
negative charge
  • Specialized
2 4.1

Surface Forms

positivity singular
positivities plural

Morphology

positivity = positive (transparent) = positive + ity

Formed by the regular noun-forming suffix '-ity' from the adjective 'positive'; the sense 'positive in charge' is directly indicated by 'positive' + '-ity'.

Etymology

Positivity comes from positive, again from an old Latin word for 'to place', and the same root gave us position. In science one side of a battery was marked 'positive', so positivity can also mean having a 'positive' electric charge.