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Electro-positive.
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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
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The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
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The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.
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Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
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The positive degree or form.
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In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
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Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
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Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
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Of or pertaining to position.
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Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
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A believer in positivism.
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Positiveness.
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To indicate the position of; to place.
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Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
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A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable.
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A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
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Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
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Relating to positivism.
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Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
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