Adjective

neutral (comparative more neutral, superlative most neutral)

Positive neutral

Comparative more neutral

Superlative most neutral

  1. Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
  2. Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
  3. (grammar) Neither positive nor negative.
  4. Neither beneficial nor harmful.
  5. Having no sex; neuter.
  6. Having no obvious colour; gray
  7. (physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
  8. (chemistry) Having a pH of 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Thu Sep 10 19:50:55 2009

Look up neutral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. For Neutral Point of View on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:NPOV.

Neutral and neutrality may mean the following:

Natural science

  • Neutral element or identity element (mathematics), a special type of element of a set with respect to a binary operation on that set, such if applied to, or operated with any element of the set, causes no change to this last element
  • Neutral solution (chemistry), a solution which is neither acidic nor basic
  • Neutral particle (physics), a particle whithout electrical charge
  • Neutral vector (statistics), a multivariate random variable is neutral if it exhibits a particular type of statistical independence seen when considering the Dirichlet distribution
  • Neutral organisms (ecology), organisms are neutral if they obey the Unified neutral theory of biodiversity

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Sat Sep 12 20:47:19 2009

How is a neutral metal atom converted to a positively charged iron?
Q. How is a neutral metal atom converted to a positively charged iron? Please and thank you!!
Asked by withme-- - Mon Mar 10 13:12:03 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. An electron is stripped away from the atom. this results in one more proton than electron and gives atom a positive charge. Electron could be stripped away if it was alone on its valence shell and hence atom would have easier time getting rid of electron than absorbing more to fill up shell. examples are sodium and potassium
Answered by Shaz - Mon Mar 10 13:21:03 2008

Is it advisable to engage in neutral transmission and hitting the brakes while slowing down?
Q. my cousin have this habit of engaging the transmission to neutral and hitting moderately the brakes especially when he's about to cross the intersection or to make a complete stop. Sometimes he's doing this even the vehicle is still running at 40km/h and he's just slowly hitting the brakes to perform a complete stop. Now, is this advisable and can this cause serious damage to the vehicle? pls. advise thanks
Asked by a_joemar - Tue Jul 1 10:38:15 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It's better to allow the engine to help slow the car down. It saves a bit on brake wear and tear, and does no harm to the engine, as long as you don't let the revs slow down less than idle speed. I even manage to gear down if I have enough time and space, before coming to a stop. While approaching a red traffic light, this has the additional advantage of leaving me in an appropriate gear to continue if the light turns green. By the way, this only applies to a manual transmission. It is NEVER advisable to take the car out of gear while the car is in motion. It is one thing, taking the car out of gear, once stopped, but quite another to be coasting in neutral.
Answered by Vince M - Tue Jul 1 23:49:43 2008

What is the most neutral meat to cook with?
Q. I am not sure which meat has the most neutral flavor.
Asked by Geaux Tigers - Thu Jun 5 21:12:05 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. White meat chicken. Very neutral flavor, and takes to seasonings very well.
Answered by Miami Chef - Thu Jun 5 23:53:18 2008

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