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English Dictionary: neutral	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for neutral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neutral adj having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" Synonym(s): impersonal, neutral having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" Synonym(s): inert, indifferent, neutral not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics Antonym(s): negative, positive having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" Synonym(s): achromatic, neutral Antonym(s): chromatic lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever" having no net electric charge Synonym(s): neutral, electroneutral n one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neutral \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 [ucr] in up, and is called also the {natural vowel}, as unformed by art and effort. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neutral \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.