Meaning of semipositive | Babel Free
Definitions
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Partially positive in attitude etc. not-comparable
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Having a dual that is nonnegative. not-comparable
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Having all elements nonnegative where at least one is positive. not-comparable
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A type of compression mold for plastics that allows for excess powder and flash, as in an open flash mold, but which allows for lower melt viscosities as in a fully positive mold. not-comparable
Examples
“Jason seemed to have⟳ two completely different ways of belonging and gaining significance — a negative method with his mother and a semipositive method with his father.”
“Chief Seathl looked to the future in a semipositive way, saying, "We aren't going to forget⟳ who we are. . ."”
“Basques in Sydney, Melbourne, and North Queensland tend⟳ to feel⟳ that they have⟳ been socially accepted with a semipositive status because of their excellent work⟳ reputations with non-Basque employers.”
“The purpose of this short note⟳ is to give⟳ a remark⟳ on the decomposition theorem for direct⟳ images of canonical sheaves tensorized with Nakano semipositive vector bundles.”
“For such products, a semipositive mold is designed (Fig. 1.1.14), with the flash⟳ at a right angle to the direction of pressure.”
“The semipositive, vertical-flash type⟳ mold, shown in Fig. 13-2, requires double⟳ fitting of force⟳ to cavity and is costly.”
“Semipositive molds are more expensive to manufacture⟳ and maintain⟳ than the other types, but they are much better from an applications point⟳ of view⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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