positive column

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.

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Example Sentences

Not renewing the program means that those drivers just have one less reason in the positive column for going electric, Martineau said.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a pleasant surprise to read a positive column by Dylan Hernández about the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times

But I digress — this is supposed to be a positive column.

From Seattle Times

A lineshot across it in the positive column.

From New York Times

On a ledger of pandemic winners and losers, Holiday Market is in the positive column thanks to online shopping, which helped push the store’s overall revenue up 20 percent in 2020 compared with 2019.

From New York Times