Definition of Positives

1. Noun. (plural of positive) ¹

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Definition of Positives

1. positive [n] - See also: positive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Positives

positive recurrent
positive reinforcement
positive reinforcer
positive reinforcing stimulus
positive sense
positive side waterproofing
positive side waterproofings
positive stimulus
positive transition
positive zero
positively
positively charged
positiveness
positivenesses
positiver
positives (current term)
positivest
positivism
positivisms
positivist
positivistic
positivists
positivities
positivity
positon
positons
positron
positron emission tomography
positron emission tomography scanner
positronia

Literary usage of Positives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"These mounted positives are usually viewed as lantern-slides, ... The next step is the production from the negatives of the three positives. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"Mr. Lyte's Treatment of positives. — It would be quite superfluous, after the very excellent communication of Mx. Poi.i.ocx, were I to give a detailed ..."

3. Elements of Physical Manipulation by Edward Charles Pickering (1873)
"Porcelain photographs were formerly taken in this way, but both are now often printed like paper positives. Ambrotypes are negatives exposed for a short ..."

4. Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve: Findings of the National by Martha R. Burt (1999)
"Risk of False positives The reader should note that when one conducts a very large number of statistical significance tests, some of them are going to ..."

5. The Story of the Organ by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"THOUGH the keyboards of mediaeval church organs were clumsy and unmanageable, and only adapted for playing The key- t^e case with positives and portatives. ..."

6. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"Each car carries 48 cells of the Pullman and American types, rated at 160 ampere hours, and each weighing 56 Ibs. The plates (4 positives and 5 negatives) ..."

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