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neu·tral N0073500 (no͞o′trəl, nyo͞o′-)adj.1. Not aligned with, supporting, or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest.2. Belonging to neither side in a controversy: on neutral ground.3. Belonging to neither kind; not one thing or the other.4. Sexless; neuter.5. Chemistry a. Of or relating to a solution or compound that is neither acidic nor alkaline.b. Of or relating to a compound that does not ionize in solution.6. Physics a. Of or relating to a particle, an object, or a system that has neither positive nor negative electric charge.b. Of or relating to a particle, object, or system that has a net electric charge of zero.7. Of or indicating a color, such as gray, black, or white, that lacks hue; achromatic.8. Linguistics Pronounced with the tongue in a middle position, neither high nor low, as the a in around.n.1. a. A nation nonaligned with either side in a war.b. A citizen of such a nation.2. One who takes no side in a controversy: "I am by disposition one of life's neutrals, a human Switzerland" (John Gregory Dunne).3. A neutral hue.4. A position in which a set of gears is disengaged so that power cannot be transmitted. [Middle English neuteral, from Old French neutral, from Latin neutrālis, grammatically neuter, from neuter, neutr-; see neuter.] neu′tral·ly adv.
Neu·tral N0073500 (no͞o′trəl, nyo͞o′-)n. pl. Neutral or Neu·trals A member of a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the northern shore of Lake Erie. The Neutral were destroyed by the Iroquois in the mid-1600s.EncyclopediaSeeneutral |