neutral
IPA: nˈutrʌɫ
noun
- A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
- A person who takes no side in a dispute.
- An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.
- A neutral hue.
- The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.
- An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.
adjective
- (politics) Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
- Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
- Neither positive nor negative.
- Neither beneficial nor harmful.
- (biology) Having no sex; neuter.
- Having no obvious colour; gray
- (physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
- (chemistry) Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.
- (liquor, chemistry) Of an alcoholic drink, having been fermented and distilled but with no additives.
- (roleplaying games) Having an alignment that is in between chaotic and lawful.
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Examples of "neutral" in Sentences
- The contract was neutralized.
- Incrimination is hardly neutral.
- The neutralized the acid liquid.
- The flagging is entirely neutral.
- The requirement is to neutralize it.
- It affects the neutrality of the article.
- It damages the neutrality of the article.
- It is orderly and neutral in the extreme.
- The paragraph is proportionate and neutral.
- There's not even the pretense of neutrality.
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