All 8 Uses

positive
in
Dune
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Could your Fremen provide me with proof positive that the Sardaukar are here in Harkonnen uniform?
Book 2

positive = certain
He could not be certain what he would do, but of one thing he was positive: he did not want the water distilled out of Jamis' flesh.
Book 2 *
The measure of Count Fenring's friendship may be seen first in a positive thing: he allayed the Landsraad's suspicions after the Arrakis Affair.
Book 3 *

positive = good
I cause pain out of necessity, but he ....I swear he takes a positive delight in it.†
Book 1
He has almost outlasted his usefulness, almost reached the point of positive danger to my person.†
Book 1
And she recalled a Bene Gesserit axiom: "The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off.†
Book 2
Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end.†
Book 2
LITERJON: a one-liter container for transporting water on Arrakis; made of high-density, shatterproof plastic with positive seal.†
Book Term

Definitions:

(1) (positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!)
certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
(2) (positive as in: had a positive effect)
good or beneficial
(3) (positive as in: positive feedback from my boss)
approval or agreement
(4) (positive as in: a positive attitude)
optimistic (expecting or focusing on good things); or agreeable
(5) (positive as in: The test came back positive.)
found a condition or substance to be present
indicating the presence of something being tested for -- especially a disease, condition, or substance
(6) (positive as in: a positive number)
greater than zero (of a number)
(7) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common meanings of positive including some in the fields of electricity, physics, chemistry, medicine, philosophy, and grammar. Note that most all senses of positive indicate that something is good or present.