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Definition of Positive pole

1. Noun. The terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate.

2. Noun. The pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Positive Pole

positive drainage positive economics positive edge positive edge-triggered positive edges positive feedback positive fraud positive identification positive law positive laws

positive linear functional positive logic positive magnetic pole positive measure positive muon positive pole (current term) positive recurrence positive recurrent positive reinforcement positive reinforcer

positive reinforcing stimulus positive sense positive side waterproofing positive side waterproofings positive stimulus positive transition positive zero positively positively charged positiveness

Literary usage of Positive pole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"IV) finds that in salt solutions where the effect of electrolysis is to produce greater concentration at the positive pole, the resistance increases when ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In other word», the nerve near the negative pole is more excitable than ш the normal state, whilst near the positive pole- it i* le« во, indicating that at ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It will then be found that near the negative pole the excitability of the nerve Is increased, whilst near the positive pole it la diminished,—that is to Miy ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"The positive pole being retained, the negative was placed upon the skin over the ... Place the positive pole upon the upper surface of the corpus callosum, ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"The second tube 6 is connected to the "nega- tive pole" of a battery whose "positive pole is to earth These batteries must have nearly power enough to make ..."

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