About The Word Neutral
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Neutral
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What's The Definition Of Neutral?
[n] one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
[adj] lacking hue; "neutral colors like back or white" [adj] lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever" [adj] not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest [adj] neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrong [adj] having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" [adj] of no distinctive quality or characteristics or type [adj] (physics) having no net electric charge; not electrified [adj] (chemistry) having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" Synonyms | Synonyms for Neutral: achromatic | amoral | colorless | colourless | electroneutral | impersonal | indifferent | inert | neutralised | neutralized | nonaligned | nonsubjective | objective | unmoral | unreactive | viewless Related Terms | Find terms related to Neutral: abstract | achromatic | achromic | aloof | anemic | anythingarian | apathetic | asexual | ashen | ashy | autarchic | autarkic | automatic transmission | autonomous | beige | bland | bled white | bloodless | broad | cadaverous | candid | castrated | centrist | changeable | chloranemic | cogwheel | cold | collective | colorless | compromiser | conservative | contemplative | cool | dead | deadly pale | deathly pale | detached | differential | differential gear | dim | dimmed | dingy | discolored | disinterested | dispassionate | do-nothing | dormant | drab | dull | ecru | emasculated | equitable | etiolated | eunuchized | even | evenhanded | exsanguinated | exsanguine | exsanguineous | faded | faint | fair | fallow | featureless | fence-sitter | fervorless | fifty-fifty | flat | free lance | free spirit | free trader | free-spirited | freethinker | freewheel | freewheeling | frigid | frustrated | gear | gear train | gearbox | gearing | gearshift | gearwheel | general | generalized | generic | ghastly | gray | haggard | half-and-half | halfhearted | high | hueless | Hydromatic | hypochromic | idle | immobile | impartial | impersonal | impotent | inactive | indecisive | indefinite | independent | indeterminate | indifferent | indistinct | indistinguishable | individualist | individualistic | inert | infirm of purpose | infirm of will | inner-directed | insipid | intermediate | irresolute | isolationist | just | lackluster | laissez-aller | laissez-faire | Laodicean | latitudinarian | leaden | liberal | libertarian | libertine | livid | lofty | low | lukewarm | lurid | lusterless | mat | mealy | meditative | middle-of-the-roader | midway | milk-and-water | milky | moderate | moderationist | moderatist | motionless | muddy | mugwump | mugwumpian | mugwumpish | mushy | nebulous | neuter | nonaligned | noncommittal | noncommitted | nonpartisan | nonspecific | nothingarian | objective | Olympian | on the fence | overdrive | pale | pale as death | pale-faced | pallid | paralytic | paralyzed | passive | pasty | perfunctory | procrastinating | quiescent | quietist | quietistic | rack | remote | removed | reverse | rugged individualist | sallow | self-contained | self-dependent | self-determined | self-directing | self-governed | self-governing | selfless | self-reliant | self-subsistent | self-sufficient | self-supporting | sexless | sickly | sovereign | stagnant | stagnating | standard transmission | standpat | static | stationary | stick shift | swing vote | synchromesh | tallow-faced | tasteless | tepid | third force | third world | third-force | third-world | toneless | transmission | unaffiliated | unallied | unbiased | uncharacterized | uncolored | uncommitted | uncommitted voter | undazzled | undifferentiated | uninfluenced | uninvolved | unjaundiced | unprejudiced | unprepossessed | unselfish | unsexed | unsexual | unspecified | unswayed | vague | vapid | vegetable | vegetative | wan | washed out | washed-out | watery | waxen | weak | whey-faced | white | wide | wishy-washy | withdrawn | zealless See Also | human | individual | mortal | person | somebody | someone | soul | stakeholder Neutral In Webster's Dictionary \Neu"tral\, a. [L. neutralis, fr. neuter. See {Neuter}.]
1. Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or
assisting either of two or more contending parties;
neuter; indifferent.
The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but
constantly takes part one way or the other.
--Shaftesbury.
2. Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not
decided or pronounced.
Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, And
neutral some, in her fantastic eye. --Sir J.
Davies.
3. (Biol.) Neuter. See {Neuter}, a., 3.
4. (Chem.) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable
to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of
certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with {acid},
and {alkaline}.
{Neutral axis}, {Neutral surface} (Mech.), that line or
plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the
fibers are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the
longitudinal stress is zero. See {Axis}.
{Neutral equilibrium} (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a
body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to
return to its former position not depart more widely from
it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane.
{Neutral salt} (Chem.), a salt formed by the complete
replacement of the hydrogen in an acid or base; in the
former case by a positive or basic, in the latter by a
negative or acid, element or radical.
{Neutral tint}, a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors,
made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the
shades vary greatly.
{Neutral vowel}, the vowel element having an obscure and
indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel
in many unaccented syllables. It is regarded by some as
identical with the [u^] in up, and is called also the
{natural vowel}, as unformed by art and effort. See Guide
to Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
\Neu"tral\, n. A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral. The neutral, as far as commerce extends, becomes a party in the war. --R. G. Harper. |
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