Exact Match for "neutral"
- neutral⇄adj. 1. on neither side in a quarrel or a war.
Ex. a neutral attitude in an election. Switzerland was neutral in World War II.
2. of or belonging to a neutral country or neutral zone.
Ex. a neutral vessel, a neutral port.
3. nei - neutral⇄adv. neutrally.
- neutral⇄neutral, adjective, noun.
- neutral⇄noun neutralness.
- neutral⇄noun 1. a neutral person or country; one not taking part in a quarrel or war.
Ex. the rights of neutrals.
2. a position of gears when they do not transmit motion from the engine to the wheels or other working parts.
3. the position of
Starts With "neutral"
- neutral corner⇄neutral corner
either of the two corners of a prize ring not occupied by the contestants between rounds. - neutral current⇄neutral current
(Nuclear Physics.) a hypothetical flow of particles involving the weak interaction in which no electric charge is transferred; a stream of neutral W particles. - neutral spirits⇄neutral spirits
unaged ethyl alcohol used with aged whisky to make blended whiskeys, with flavoring to make gin, or without blending as vodka. - neutral vowel⇄neutral vowel
(Phonetics.) a central vowel; schwa. - neutralise⇄neutralise, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ised,-ising.
(Especially British.) neutralize. - neutralism⇄neutralism, noun.
the practice of maintaining a position as a neutral, especially in international affairs. - neutralist⇄adj. practicing or advocating neutrality.
Ex. a neutralist country.
(SYN) uncommitted, nonaligned. - neutralist⇄neutralist, noun, adjective.
- neutralist⇄noun 1. a person or government that practices or advocates neutrality, especially in international affairs.
2. a geneticist who attributes genetic variation to random disappearance of different forms or stages of organisma.
Ex. Neutralists a - neutralistic⇄adv. neutralistically.
- neutralistic⇄neutralistic, adjective.
inclining toward neutrality. - neutrality⇄neutrality, noun.
1a. the condition of being neutral.
Ex. armed neutrality (Woodrow Wilson).
(SYN) impartiality.
b. the attitude or policy of a nation that does not take part directly or indirectly in a war between other nations. - neutralizable⇄neutralizable, adjective.
that can be neutralized. - neutralization⇄neutralization, noun.
1. the act or process of neutralizing.
Ex. The process by which an acid and a base unite to form water and a salt is termed neutralization (W. N. Jones).
2. the condition of being neutralized. - neutralize⇄neutralize, verb, -ized,-izing.
- neutralize⇄v.i. to become neutral or neutralized.
- neutralize⇄v.t. 1. to make neutral.
Ex. Bases neutralize acids.
2. to keep war out of; keep neutral.
Ex. The city was neutralized so that peace talks could be held there. Switzerland was neutralized in 1815.
3. to make of no effect by some - neutralizer⇄neutralizer, noun.
a person or thing that neutralizes.
Ends With "neutral"
- unneutral⇄unneutral, adjective.
not neutral; partial; one-sided.
Ex. It is in vain to remind her how very unneutral her armed neutrality is (Earl Malmesbury).
Broader Match for "neutral"
- armed neutrality⇄armed neutrality
the status of a nation or nations refraining from war but in readiness for it. - day-neutral plant⇄day-neutral plant,
a plant growing and blooming independent of the amount of light.
Ex. Day-neutral plants, such as dandelions, apparently are insensitive to the length of day as they will bloom in any season if they receive enough heat and mo - deneutralization⇄deneutralization, noun.
the act or process of deneutralizing or state of being deneutralized.
Ex. The deneutralization of Formosa marks an important change in the conduct of the cold war (Newsweek). - deneutralize⇄deneutralize, transitive verb, -ized,-izing.
to abolish the neutral status of (a country, territory, etc.). - electroneutrality⇄electroneutrality, noun.
a condition in which the total charge of all the positive ions of a substance almost exactly equals the total charge of all the negative ions.
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