ALL meanings of neutral
neu·tral
N n - adjective neutral physics: having no charge 1
- adjective neutral in war, argument: impartial 1
- adjective neutral colour, hue: achromatic 1
- adjective neutral vehicle gears: disengaged 1
- noun neutral person not taking a side 1
- noun neutral gears: disengaged position 1
- noun neutral achromatic hue 1
- adjective neutral not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II. 1
- adjective neutral not aligned with or supporting any side or position in a controversy: The arbitrator was absolutely neutral. 1
- adjective neutral of or belonging to a neutral state or party: neutral territory. 1
- adjective neutral of no particular kind, characteristics, etc.; indefinite: a neutral personality that made no impression whatever; a sex-neutral job title. 1
- adjective neutral gray; without hue; of zero chroma; achromatic. matching well with many or most other colors or shades, as white or beige. 1
- adjective neutral Botany, Zoology. neuter. 1
- adjective neutral not causing or reflecting a change in something: It is believed that the new tax law will be revenue neutral. 1
- adjective neutral Chemistry. exhibiting neither acid nor alkaline qualities: neutral salts. 1
- adjective neutral Physics. (of a particle) having no charge. (of an atom, molecule, collection of particles, fluid, or solid) having no net charge; electroneutral; not electrified. not magnetized. 1
- adjective neutral Phonetics. (of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue relaxed in a central position, as the a in alive; reduced. 1
- noun neutral a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war. 1
- noun neutral a citizen of a neutral nation during a war. 1
- noun neutral Machinery, Automotive. the position or state of disengaged gears or other interconnecting parts: in neutral. 1
- noun neutral a neutral color. 1
- noun neutral Not helping or supporting either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartial. 1
- adjective neutral If a person or country adopts a neutral position or remains neutral, they do not support anyone in a disagreement, war, or contest. 0
- adjective neutral A neutral is someone who is neutral. 0
- adjective neutral If someone speaks in a neutral voice or if the expression on their face is neutral, they do not show what they are thinking or feeling. 0
- adjective neutral If you say that something is neutral, you mean that it does not have any effect on other things because it lacks any significant qualities of its own, or it is an equal balance of two or more different qualities, amounts, or ideas. 0
- graded adjective neutral If someone uses neutral language, they choose words which do not indicate that they approve or disapprove of something. 0
- uncountable noun neutral Neutral is the position between the gears of a vehicle such as a car, in which the gears are not connected to the engine. 0
- adjective neutral In an electrical device or system, the neutral wire is one of the three wires needed to complete the circuit so that the current can flow. The other two wires are called the earth wire and the live or positive wire. 0
- colour neutral Neutral is used to describe things that have a pale colour such as cream or grey, or that have no colour at all. 0
- adjective neutral In physics, neutral is used to describe things such as atomic particles that have neither a positive nor a negative charge. 0
- adjective neutral In chemistry, neutral is used to describe things that are neither acid nor alkaline. 0
- adjective neutral not siding with any party to a war or dispute 0
- adjective neutral of, belonging to, or appropriate to a neutral party, country, etc 0
- adjective neutral of no distinctive quality, characteristics, or type; indifferent 0
- adjective neutral (of a colour such as white or black) having no hue; achromatic 0
- adjective neutral (of a colour) dull, but harmonizing with most other colours 0
- adjective neutral neither acidic nor alkaline 0
- adjective neutral having zero charge or potential 0
- adjective neutral having no magnetism 0
- adjective neutral (of a vowel) articulated with the tongue relaxed in mid-central position and the lips midway between spread and rounded 0
- noun neutral a neutral person, nation, etc 0
- noun neutral a citizen of a neutral state 0
- noun neutral the position of the controls of a gearbox that leaves the transmission disengaged 0
- adjective neutral not taking part in either side of a dispute or quarrel 0
- adjective neutral not taking part in a war; giving no active aid to any belligerent 0
- adjective neutral of, belonging to, or characteristic of a nation not taking part in a war or not aligning itself with either side in a power struggle 0
- adjective neutral belonging to neither extreme in type, kind, etc.; without strongly marked characteristics; indefinite, indifferent, middling, etc. 0
- adjective neutral having little or no decided color; not vivid 0
- abbreviation NEUTRAL neuter 0