positive
Adjective
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also:
- affirmative, affirmatory - affirming or giving assent
- constructive - constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
- optimistic - expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds
- supportive - furnishing support or assistance
tells us about: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someonesimilar to:- affirmative, optimistic - expecting the best
- constructive - emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good
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same as: plus
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referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniquessimilar to: gram-positive - (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's methodsame as: confirming
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similar to: formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)same as: prescribed
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similar to: undeniable - not possible to denysame as: incontrovertible, irrefutable
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same as: positivist, positivistic
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referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementsimilar to: plus - on the positive side or higher end of a scale
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similar to: charged - of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric chargesame as: electropositive, positively charged
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similar to: confident - having or marked by confidence or assurancesame as: cocksure, overconfident
Noun
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is a type of:same as: positive degree
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is a type of: film, photographic film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparenciesis a part of: lantern slide, slide - a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
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