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Positive Space: Space aboard a ship or aircraft that can be confirmed ahead of time.

Negative Space: The areas of an artwork that are NOT the primary subject or object. Negative Space defines the subject by implication. See Positive Space, Notan, Gestalt

Positive Reinforcement: The process of acknowledging specific behaviors with positive feedback, such as a smile, praise or reward.

Positive Organ: Small single-manual organ, popular in the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

Positive Signs: All air and fire signs; used to describe the outgoing, dynamic qualities characteristic of these signs. Also called masculine signs. See also Masculine signs.

Positive Vorticity Advection: The advection of higher values of vorticity into an area. It is also known as cyclonic vorticity.

Positive Lens: Simple lens that causes light rays from a subject to converge to a point.

Positive Symptoms: Reflect an excess or distortion of normal functions. Includes delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior.

Positive Feedback: Biochemical control where the accumulation of the product stimulates production of an enzyme responsible for that products production.

Positive Control: The separation of all air traffic within designated airspace by air traffic control.