The "Positive Degree" is a grammatical term used to describe the basic form of an adjective or adverb. It expresses a quality without making any comparisons. For example, in the phrase "The car is fast," the word "fast" is in the positive degree, indicating the car's speed without comparing it to other cars. In contrast to the comparative and superlative degrees, which compare two or more items, the positive degree simply states a characteristic. For instance, "She is tall" uses the positive degree to describe she without comparing her height to anyone else's.