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