Neutral

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  • adjective. Not aligned with, supporting, or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest.
  • adjective. Belonging to neither side in a controversy.
  • adjective. Belonging to neither kind; not one thing or the other.
  • adjective. Sexless; neuter.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to a solution or compound that is neither acidic nor alkaline.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a compound that does not ionize in solution.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to a particle, an object, or a system that has neither positive nor negative electric charge.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a particle, object, or system that has a net electric charge of zero.
  • adjective. Of or indicating a color, such as gray, black, or white, that lacks hue; achromatic.
  • adjective. Pronounced with the tongue in a middle position, neither high nor low, as the a in around.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A nation nonaligned with either side in a war.
  • noun. A citizen of such a nation.
  • noun. One who takes no side in a controversy.
  • noun. A neutral hue.
  • noun. A position in which a set of gears is disengaged so that power cannot be transmitted.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In metallurgy:
  • Neither acid nor basic: said of slag and linings.
  • Neither red-short nor cold-short: said of wrought-iron.
  • Suitable for production of neutral iron: said of iron-ore.
  • See zone.
  • noun. Specifically, in some United States colleges and universities, one who belongs to none of the Greek-letter or other secret societies.
  • noun. In electricity, the neutral conductor of a three-wire circuit.
  • In the condition of one who refrains from taking sides in a contest or dispute; taking no active part with either of two contestants or belligerents; not engaged on or interfering with either side.
  • Belonging to a neutral state: as, neutral ships; a neutral flag.
  • Neither one thing nor the other; intermediate; indifferent; mediocre.
  • In chem., exhibiting neither acid nor alkaline qualities: as, neutral salts.
  • In botany, sexless; having neither stamens nor pistils, as the ray-flowers of many Composite, the marginal flowers of Hydrangea, and the upper florets of many grasses. See cut under Hydrangea.
  • In electricity and magnetism, not electrified; not magnetized.
  • In color, of low chroma; without positive quality of color; grayish.
  • noun. A person, party, or nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who or that which occupies a neutral or indifferent position.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.
  • adjective. Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.
  • adjective. Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors, made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the shades vary greatly.
  • adjective. 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 ŭ in up, and is called also the natural vowel, as unformed by art and effort; it is also called the indefinite vowel. It is symbolized in some phonetic alphabets by the schwa (ə). See Guide to Pronunciation, § 17.
  • noun. A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
  • adjective. Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
  • adjective. Neither positive nor negative.
  • adjective. Neither beneficial nor harmful.
  • adjective. Having no sex; neuter.
  • adjective. Having no obvious colour; gray
  • Word Usage
    "The neutral monism I advocate, accordingly, has more in common with the ontology of the late Platonic dialogues than with that of the early Russell which the name ˜neutral monism™ commonly brings to mind."
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    neuter