neutral
English
/ˈnjuːtɹəl/, /ˈnuːtɹəl/
adj
Definitions
- Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
- Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
- (grammar) Neither positive nor negative.
- Neither beneficial nor harmful.
- (biology) Having no sex; neuter.
- Having no obvious colour; gray
- (physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
- (chemistry) Having a pH near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French neutral derived from Latin neutralis (neuter).
Origin
Latin
neutralis
Gloss
neuter
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antineutral English
- antineutralino English
- antineutron English
- bioneutralization English
- bioneutralize English
- circumneutral English
- deneutralization English
- deneutralize English
- dineutron English
- electroneutral English
- electroneutralize English
- electroneutrally English
- ethno-neutral English
- immunoneutral English
- immunoneutralization English
- immunoneutralize English
- microneutralization English
- multineutron English
- neutralino English
- neutralisation English
- neutralise English
- neutraliser English
- neutralism English
- neutralist English
- neutralistic English
- neutralistically English
- neutralizable English
- neutralization English
- neutralize English
- neutralizer English
- neutralizing English
- neutrally English
- neutralness English
- neutralophile English
- neutralophilic English
- neutro- English
- neutron English
- neutronic English
- neutronics English
- neutronium English
- neutronization English
- nonneutral English
- photoneutron English
- preneutralize English
- quasineutral English
- quasineutron English
- reneutralization English
- reneutralize English
- seroneutralise English
- seroneutralization English
- seroneutralize English
- subneutral English
- subthermoneutral English
- super English
- superneutral English
- tetraneutron English
- thermoneutral English
- thermoneutrally English
- trineutron English
- unneutral English
- unneutrally English
- neutroni Finnish
- neuter Latin
- neutralis Latin
- neutron Dutch, Flemish
- carboneutre French
- neutralisation French
- neutralité French
- neutre French
- neutrement French
- ἰόν Ancient Greek
- neutron Polish
- neutral Old French
- neutre Old French
- นิวตรอน Thai
- neutrael Middle Dutch
- неутрон Bulgarian
- neutral Middle French
- ניטרון Hebrew (modern)
- nutroni Swahili
- nyutroni Swahili
- super
- neutron
- neutro-
- unneutral
- neutrally
- dineutron
- neutronic
- nonneutral
- neutralino
- neutronium
- trineutron
- neutralism
- neutralise
- neutralize
- neutralist
- neutronics
- subneutral
- antineutron
- neutralness
- neutralizer
- neutraliser
- antineutral
- unneutrally
- reneutralize
- tetraneutron
- quasineutron
- superneutral
- neutralizing
- photoneutron
- quasineutral
- deneutralize
- multineutron
- neutralistic
- bioneutralize
- neutralophile
- immunoneutral
- thermoneutral
- circumneutral
- neutralizable
- ethno-neutral
- preneutralize
- neutronization
- seroneutralize
- seroneutralise
- neutralisation
- neutralophilic
- electroneutral
- antineutralino
- neutralization
- thermoneutrally
- deneutralization
- reneutralization
- electroneutrally
- neutralistically
- subthermoneutral
- immunoneutralize
- electroneutralize
- bioneutralization
- seroneutralization
- microneutralization
- immunoneutralization