Neutral vs Disengaged - What's the difference?
neutral | disengaged |
Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
* Shaftesbury
(grammar) Neither positive nor negative.
Neither beneficial nor harmful.
* Sir J. Davies
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, title= (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.
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.
(disengage)
Unconnected; detached.
(dated) Not (socially) engaged; available, free.
*1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, p. 40:
*:‘You must come and dine with us some night. Tuesday? Are you disengaged Tuesday?’
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 verb disengaged is
(disengage).As an adjective disengaged is
unconnected; detached.neutral
English
(wikipedia neutral)Adjective
(en adjective)- The heart can not possibly remain neutral , but constantly takes part one way or the other.
- Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, / And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.
David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.