positive column

noun

, Physics.

1. the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.

Example Sentences

It was a pleasant surprise to read a positive column by Dylan Hernández about the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times

But I digress — this is supposed to be a positive column.

From Seattle Times

A lineshot across it in the positive column.

From New York Times

On a ledger of pandemic winners and losers, Holiday Market is in the positive column thanks to online shopping, which helped push the store’s overall revenue up 20 percent in 2020 compared with 2019.

From New York Times

Roughly half of the 30 Dow blue chips were in the positive column, led by UnitedHealth and oil supermajors Chevron and ExxonMobil.

From Washington Post