Positive

Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:

Mathematics and science

• Positive formula, a logical formula not containing negation
• Positive number, a number that is greater than 0
• Plus sign, the sign "+" used to indicate a positive number
• Positive operator, a type of linear operator in mathematics
• Positive result, a result that has been found significant in statistical hypothesis testing
• Positive test, a diagnostic test result that indicates some parameter being evaluated was present
• Positive charge, one of the two types of electrical charge
• Positive (electrical polarity), in electrical circuits
• Positive lens, in optics
• Positive (photography), a positive image, in which the color and luminance correlates directly with that in the depicted scene
• Positive sense, said of an RNA sequence that codes for a protein

Philosophy and humanities

• Affirmative (policy debate), the team which affirms the resolution
• Negative and positive rights, concerning the moral obligation of a person to do something for/to someone
• Positive economics, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic actors, as opposed to the normative aspect
• Positive law, man-made law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from deities or morality)
• Positive liberty, the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one's own potential
• Affirmative (linguistics), a property of a non-negated expression (the opposite of negative)
• Positive (linguistics), the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes or the use of more or less
• Positive affectivity, the psychological capability to respond positively
• Positive psychology, a branch of psychology
• Positive statement, in economics and philosophy, a (possibly incorrect) factual statement about what is, as opposed to what should be (a normative statement)

Films and television

• Positive (1990 film), a documentary film about AIDS and activism
• Positive (2007 film), a short film in Hindi on HIV and AIDS
• Positive (2008 film), a 2008 Malayalam language film directed by V. K. Prakash
• Positive (TV series), a Filipino drama series

Music

• Positive (Peabo Bryson album)
• Positive (Tofubeats album)
• Positive (EP), the sixth EP by South Korean band Pentagon
• "Positive", a 1994 song by Baboon from Face Down in Turpentine
• "Positive", a 2011 song by Taio Cruz from TY.O
• "(Gotta Be) Positive", a song by Eddy Grant from Reparation
• Positive hardcore, a subgenre of hardcore punk
• Positive organ

Other uses

• Positive sign, in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs

See also

• HIV-positive people
• Negative (disambiguation)
• Negative (photography), as opposed to positive images used in such applications as slide projection or photo emulsion stencil-making
• Normative
• Optimism
• Positif (disambiguation)
• Positive action (disambiguation)
• Positivism (disambiguation)