neutral
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
chemistry
government
human-sciences
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
politics
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surface analysis, neuter + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more neutral
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most neutral
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: neutrals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
pos: adj
gloss: Favoring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
pos: adj
examples: I am neutral regarding the issue of gay marriage.
The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other.
gloss: Neither positive nor negative.
pos: adj
gloss: Not biased; viewing situations objectively in a way that is neither positive nor negative.
pos: adj
examples: a neutral person
gloss: Neither beneficial nor harmful.
pos: adj
examples: Some things good, and some things ill, do seem,
 And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.
Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation,[…] In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
gloss: Having no sex; neuter.
pos: adj
gloss: Having no obvious colour; gray.
pos: adj
gloss: Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.
pos: adj
gloss: Of an alcoholic drink, having been fermented and distilled but with no additives.
pos: adj
gloss: Having an alignment that is situated between two notable possibilities, such as between good and evil, or between chaotic and lawful.
pos: adj
gloss: A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A person who takes no side in a dispute.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They say in Harlan County
 There are no neutrals there
 You'll either be a union man
 Or a thug for J.H. Blair.
gloss: An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A neutral hue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: angel gear (humorous)
Put it in neutral, and we'll push it out of the garage.
He shoved the tractor into neutral, and, leaving the engine running, jumped down[.]
gloss: An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: antineutral
carbon-neutral
carbon neutral
circumneutral
electroneutral
ethno-neutral
gender neutral
gender-neutral
grain neutral spirit
grape neutral spirit
immunoneutral
lost neutral
metal neutral
metal-neutral
net-neutral
neutral alcohol
neutral area
neutral citation
neutral clef
neutral conductor
Neutral Confederacy
neutral current
neutral deduction
neutral equilibrium
neutral evil
neutral good
neutral grain spirit
neutral grape spirit
neutral grip
neutral grip bar
neutral ground
neutralino
neutral insulin
neutralism
neutralist
neutralistic
neutrality
neutrally
neutral money
Neutral Nation
neutralness
neutralophile
neutralophilic
neutral Paralympic athlete
neutral Paralympic athletes
neutral section
neutral spirit
neutral third
neutral tone
neutral vowel
neutral zone
neutral-zone infraction
neutron
nonneutral
pay-neutral
photoneutral
quasineutral
subneutral
superneutral
thermoneutral
true neutral
unneutral
value-neutral
borrowed neutral
chaotic neutral
lawful neutral
shared neutral
Translations: