logical positivism or logical empiricism see under positive

logic bomb noun (computing)

A set of instructions incorporated in a computer program such that a harmful operation will be performed if certain conditions are fulfilled

logic circuit noun (computing)

An electronic circuit with usu two or more inputs and one output, which performs a logical operation, eg and, not

logic diagram noun (computing)

A diagram showing logical elements and interconnections without engineering details

chop logic see under chop²

positive /pozˈi-tiv/

1. Definitely, formally or explicitly laid down
2. Express
3. Beyond possibility of doubt
4. Absolute
5. Expressing a quality simply without comparison (grammar)
6. Downright, out-and-out
7. Fully convinced
8. Over-confident in opinion
9. Matter-of-fact
10. Concrete
11. Material
12. Actual
13. Characterized by the presence of some quality, not merely absence of its opposite
14. Affirmative
15. Feeling or expressing agreement to or approval of something
16. Having a good or constructive attitude
17. Having qualities worthy of approval
18. (of a bacteriological test) confirming the presence of the suspected organism, etc
19. Greater than zero, or conventionally regarded as greater than zero, indicating such a quantity (mathematics)
20. In the direction of increase, actual or conventional
21. In a direction towards the source of stimulus (biology)
22. Having the lights and shades not reversed (photography and optics)
23. Having a relatively high potential (elec)
24. Of, having or producing, positive electricity (see below)
25. Dextrorotatory (optics)
26. Having a greater index of refraction for the extraordinary than for the ordinary ray in double refraction
27. Basic (chem)

1. That which is positive
2. Reality
3. A positive quantity
4. A positive quality
5. The positive degree, or an adjective or adverb in it
6. An image in which lights and shades or colours, or both, are unchanged
7. A photographic plate with the lights and shades of the original
8. A positive organ (see below)
9. A positif

posˈitively adverb

posˈitiveness noun

1. The state or quality of being positive
2. Certainty
3. Confidence

posˈitivism noun

1. Actual or absolute knowledge
2. Certainty
3. Assurance
4. Positive philosophy (see below)

posˈitivist noun

A believer in positivism

positivistˈic adjective

positivˈity noun

positive action same as affirmative action (see under affirm).

positive angle noun

One generated by a straight line moving anticlockwise

positive discrimination see under discriminate

positive electricity noun

Electricity developed, eg in glass by rubbing with silk, arising from deficiency of electrons

positive feedback noun

Feedback in which the output of a system is used to increase the input

positive organ noun

A small supplementary church organ, orig portable and placed upon a stand

positive philosophy noun

1. The philosophical system originated by Auguste Comte (1798–1857), its foundation being the doctrine that man can have no knowledge of anything but phenomena, and that the knowledge of phenomena is relative, not absolute
2. Also 20c developments of this (logical positivism) much concerned with determining whether or not statements are meaningful

positive pole noun

(of a magnet) that end (or pole) which turns to the north when the magnet swings freely

positive rays plural noun

Canal-rays, a stream of positively electrified particles towards the cathode of a vacuum tube (positive-ray analysis the detection of gases, and determination of their molecular weights, by measuring the parabolas produced on a photographic plate by positive rays deflected in two directions at right angles to each other by a magnetic and an electric field)

positive reinforcement noun (behaviourism)

The following of a response by a positive event or stimulus, thus increasing the likelihood of the response being repeated

positive sign noun

The sign (read plus) of addition

positive vetting noun

A method of screening individuals to ensure their suitability for highly responsible positions