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Neutral vs Dim - What's the difference?

neutral | dim |

As a noun neutral

is neutral (the position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism).

As a proper noun dim is

tue (tuesday).

neutral

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
  • Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
  • * Shaftesbury
  • The heart can not possibly remain neutral , but constantly takes part one way or the other.
  • (grammar) Neither positive nor negative.
  • Neither beneficial nor harmful.
  • * Sir J. Davies
  • Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, / And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
  • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • (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.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
  • A person who takes no side in a dispute.
  • An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator (jargon / legal).
  • A neutral hue.
  • The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.
  • An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    dim

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (label) (l)
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