Position

po-zish'un, n. The manner in which, or spot where, a person or thing placed; place where one plants himself: ground taken in an argument, etc.: a proposition to be defended or reasoned out; a thesis; relative place or standing in society; social rank. (Gram.) The state of a vowel placed before 2 consonants, or before a double consonant. (Arith.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions. [F. "L.positio, -qnis, ponere, positum, to place, put, perh. for posinere, sinere, siturn, to let, allow: see Site.] — Post'ure, pos'chur, n. (Fine Arts.) The situation of a figure with regard to the eye. and of the several principal members with regard to each other. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; attitude, position of the body or members. —r-.r. To place in a particular attitude. [F.; L. ]>ositura, position, prop. fern, of fut. n. of po- Tiere.] — Post'ure-mas'ter, n. One who teaches or practices artificial postures of the body. — Positive, poz'T-tiv, a. Having a real position, existence, or energy; actual; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations absolute definitely laid down explicitly stated not admitting doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion indisputable; decisive; prescribed by expre enactment or institution; fully a ured; confident; dogmatic or even overbearing. (Photog.) Corresponding in lights and shades to those of the original from which taken,— opp. to negative. — n. Reality; that which settles by absolute or arbitrary appointment. (Gram.) The simple form of an adjective, expre ing absolute quality, from which the degrees of comparison are derived. (Photog.) A picture printed from a negative, corresponding in lights and shades with the original, instead of being reversed. [ME. and F. positif, L. positivus, settled, esp. by agreement, ponere.'] — Positively, adv. In a positive form or manner; absolutely; inherently; certainly; really. — Pos'itivene3s, Reality of existence"; actual ne undoubting a urance peremptorine . — PoB'itivism, -tiv-izm, n. A system of philosophy, originated bv Auguste Comte, which excludes every thing but the natural phenomena or properties knowable things, tosun. cube, full moon, foot cow, oil linger POST gether with their invariable relations of co-existence and succe ion, as occurring in time and space;