Neutral
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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
    Neutral particle
    In physics, a neutral particle is a particle with no electric charge. This is not to be confused with a real neutral particle, a neutral particle that is also identical to its own antiparticle.-Stable or long-lived neutral particles:...

     (physics), a particle without electrical charge
  • Neutral vector
    Neutral vector
    In statistics, and specifically in the study of the Dirichlet distribution, a neutral vector of random variables is one that exhibits a particular type of statistical independence amongst its elements...

     (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
    Unified neutral theory of biodiversity
    The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography is a hypothesis and the title of a monograph by ecologist Stephen Hubbell...


Social science

  • Political Neutrality (international relations)
    Neutrality (international relations)
    A neutral power in a particular war is a sovereign state which declares itself to be neutral towards the belligerents. A non-belligerent state does not need to be neutral. The rights and duties of a neutral power are defined in Sections 5 and 13 of the Hague Convention of 1907...

    , A juridical stance towards an armed conflict, and a policy aiming at that juridical stance in case of war
  • Neutral territory
    Neutral territory
    A neutral territory is a territory that is not an integral part of any state , and yet is not terra nullius, but is the object of an agreement under international law between at least two parties...

    , territory belonging to no one sovereign state
  • Neutrality of money
    Neutrality of money
    Neutrality of money is the idea that a change in the stock of money affects only nominal variables in the economy such as prices, wages and exchange rates, with no effect on real variables, like employment, real GDP, and real consumption....

     (economy), the notion that a change in the money supply has no real effects
  • Neuter gender (linguistics), see grammatical gender
    Grammatical gender
    Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...

  • Neutrality (philosophy)
    Neutrality (philosophy)
    Neutrality is the absence of declared bias. In an argument, a neutral person will not choose a side.A Neutral country maintains political neutrality, a related but distinct concept.-What neutrality is not:...

    , not taking side in a controversy
  • Neutral level
    Neutral level
    In a semiotics the neutral level of a sign is the "trace" left behind, the physical or material creation or remains of esthesic and poietic processes, levels, and analyses of symbolic forms...

     (semiotics
    Semiotics
    Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...

    ), the physical or material creation of esthesic and poietic processes

Other

  • Neutral, abbreviated 'N', in a motor vehicle transmission
    Transmission (mechanics)
    A machine consists of a power source and a power transmission system, which provides controlled application of the power. Merriam-Webster defines transmission as: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a...

    , when no gears are selected
  • Neutral point of view "NPOV" (journalism), a stance or tone that is free from bias, see Objectivity (journalism)
    Objectivity (journalism)
    Parent article: Journalism ethics and standardsObjectivity is a significant principle of journalistic professionalism. Journalistic objectivity can refer to fairness, disinterestedness, factuality, and nonpartisanship, but most often encompasses all of these qualities.- Definitions :In the context...

  • Neutral Nation
    Neutral Nation
    The Neutrals, also known as the Attawandaron, were an Iroquoian nation of North American native people who lived near the shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.-Territory:...

    , a group of Native Americans
  • Network neutrality
    Network neutrality
    Network neutrality is a principle that advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers or governments on consumers' access to networks that participate in the Internet...

  • Neutral wire (electricity), a conductor that provides a low impedance path to the earth
  • Neutral alignment (role-playing games)
    Alignment (role-playing games)
    In some role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game....

    , a categorization of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in some games
  • Neutral color, gray
  • Neutral Records
    Neutral Records
    Neutral Records is an independent record label. Glenn Branca ran the label during the No Wave and post-punk scene in the Lower East Side, New York, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among their releases were early records by Swans and the first EP by Sonic Youth as well as Confusion is Sex....

    , a record label
  • Humanitarian principles#Neutrality (humanitarian principles), a principle governing humanitarian response
  • Switzerland
    Switzerland
    Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

    , a country known for being neutral
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