Positive
# 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
