positive polarity

noun

1. grammar the grammatical characteristic of a word or phrase, such as delicious or rather, that may normally only be used in a semantically or syntactically positive or affirmative context

Example Sentences

Easyjet's planes are the first civilian aircraft to get the treatment Easyjet says this opens the pores of the surface to be treated and electrically charges it with a positive polarity, thus allowing the polymer to bond to the existing paint surface.

From BBC

During one eleven- year cycle, as the blemishes traverse the face of the sun in an east-west direction, the leading spots of each group in the northern hemisphere will generally have positive polarity, the trailing spots negative.

From Time Magazine Archive

The upper centers hold the lower in positive polarity.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a whole field of consciousness established, with positive polarity of the first plane, negative polarity of the second.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately on the cessation of each impulse, the auxiliary battery, E', again acts to send an impulse of positive polarity through the receiving paper and stylus in the reverse direction and through the line, L, which returns to the negative pole of the battery by way of the artificial resistances, R and R'.

From Project Gutenberg