positive identification

collocation in English

meaningsofpositiveandidentification

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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identification
noun[U]
uk
/aɪˌden.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/aɪˌden.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of recognizing and naming someone ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandidentificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A diffuse light stimulus 950 mm in diameter with a 3.0 log intensity elicited a current that provided apositiveidentificationof the cell's physiology.
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In the remaining eye he was not able to make apositiveidentificationof the larva.
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Developing a molecular tool for thepositiveidentificationof the origin of infestations or of insecticide resistance was beyond the scope of the present study.
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Closely related to thispositiveidentificationbetween women and religion are the passages that describe the love between the female characters.
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Positiveidentificationof helminth eggs in faeces can be difficult as some worms belonging to different genera, and even classes, produce eggs of similar appearance and size.
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Although this procedure did not enablepositiveidentification, it did allow us to make plausible associations between radar targets and species likely to be aloft at the time.
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Frustratingly also, a significant number of the supposed illustrations of tragedy are said to depict plays no longer extant, making thepositiveidentificationof particular scenes all but impossible.
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The patrol reported what had happened and was asked to get apositiveidentification.
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Thepositiveidentificationcame particularly from the civilian witness.
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It was a flesh to flesh, eyeball to eyeballpositiveidentification.
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That is why, to make registers more accurate, there should be individual registration, withpositiveidentificationrather than head-of-household registration.
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It is not easy to make apositiveidentificationof what a small arm is.
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That is where we must havepositiveidentificationthat ties the individual to the name on the electoral register.
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I am trying to get the police officer to come in and make apositiveidentification.
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Therefore, one may assume that although a carrier may be a good target for radar there cannot bepositiveidentification.
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These steps, often including the examination of fingerprints and other records to obtainpositiveidentificationof a person, sometimes take more than four days.
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The main defect is that there is nopositiveidentificationof individuals who are standing before the officers in the polling station.
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In view of verypositiveidentificationby the victim of the attack—not by a passer-by—the police thought it right that the facts should go before the court.
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Here is a clear case of conflict of evidence of identification, and how, in those circumstances, one can go on to talk aboutpositiveidentificationdefeats me.
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