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positive number

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positive number [¦päz·əd·iv ′nəm·bər]
(mathematics)
A real number that is greater than 0.


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A higher positive number suggested that the SI program was more effective in increasing mean final course grades for participants.
Whatever the equation is for forward Lamar Odom on the basketball court, Lakers coach Phil Jackson felt it added up to a positive number, even with Odom scoring only seven points in Sunday's victory over Charlotte.
They use modular, or clock, arithmetic, to replace each negative number with the positive number with which it would share a position on the face of a clock having, in this case, five numbers.
 
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