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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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Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
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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.
v. t.
To indicate the position of; to place.
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The positive degree or form.
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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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The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.
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A believer in positivism.
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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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Positiveness.
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Of or pertaining to position.
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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
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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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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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Electro-positive.
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The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
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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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Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
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In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
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