Posit Meaning in Spanish

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1. (v. t.) To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
2. (v. t.) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Posit

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posit

1. (n.) Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose ones position.
2. (v. t.) To indicate the position of; to place.
3. (n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
4. (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
5. (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define ones position; to appear in a false position.
6. (n.) The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to position.

1. (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, is communicated through an unyielding intermediate piece or pieces; as, a claw clutch is a positive clutch, while a friction clutch is not.
2. (a.) Designating a method of steering or turning in which the steering wheels move so that they describe concentric arcs in making a turn, to insure freedom from side slip or harmful resistance.
3. (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a device giving a to-and-fro motion; as, a positive dobby.
4. (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.
5. (a.) Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
6. (a.) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
7. (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
8. (a.) Electro-positive.
9. (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
10. (n.) The positive degree or form.
11. (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
12. (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
13. (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
14. (n.) That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
15. (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
16. (a.) Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
17. (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
18. (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.

1. (adv.) In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.

1. (n.) The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.

1. (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable.