Neutral or neutrality may refer to:
Mathematics and natural science
Biology
* Neutral organisms, in ecology, those that obey the
unified neutral theory of biodiversity
The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography (here "Unified Theory" or "UNTB") is a theory and the title of a monograph by ecologist Stephen P. Hubbell. It aims to explain the diversity and relative abundance of species in ecolog ...
Chemistry and physics
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Neutralization (chemistry)
In chemistry, neutralization or neutralisation (see spelling differences) is a chemical reaction in which acid and a base react quantitatively with each other. In a reaction in water, neutralization results in there being no excess of hydrogen or ...
, a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base react quantitatively with each other
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Neutral solution
In chemistry, pH (), historically denoting "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen"), is a scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Acidic solutions (solutions with higher concentrations of ions) are me ...
, a chemical solution which is neither acidic nor basic
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Neutral particle
In physics, a neutral particle is a particle with no electric charge, such as a neutron.
The term ''neutral particles'' should not be confused with ''truly neutral particles'', the subclass of neutral particles that are also identical to their ow ...
, a particle without electrical charge
Mathematics
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Neutral element
In mathematics, an identity element, or neutral element, of a binary operation operating on a set is an element of the set that leaves unchanged every element of the set when the operation is applied. This concept is used in algebraic structures su ...
or identity element, in mathematics, a special element with respect to a binary operation, such that if the operation is applied to any element in a set, that element is unchanged
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Neutral vector, a multivariate random variable that exhibits a particular type of statistical independence (
Dirichlet distribution
In probability and statistics, the Dirichlet distribution (after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet), often denoted \operatorname(\boldsymbol\alpha), is a family of continuous multivariate probability distributions parameterized by a vector \boldsymb ...
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Philosophy
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Neutrality (philosophy)
Neutrality is the tendency not to ''side'' in a conflict (physical or ideological), which may not suggest neutral parties do not have a side or are not a side themselves.
In colloquial use ''neutral'' can be synonymous with ''unbiased''. However, ...
, the absence of declared or intentional bias
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Neutrality (psychoanalysis) Neutrality is an essential part of the analyst's attitude during treatment,Janet Malcolm, ''Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession'' (1988) developed as part of the non-directive, evenly suspended listening which Freud used to complement the pat ...
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Neutral level
In 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. A part of all signs according to a tri-partitional defini ...
, the physical or material traces of esthesic and poietic processes identified in semiotics
Politics
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Neutral country
A neutral country is a state that is neutral towards belligerents in a specific war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO). As a type of ...
, a polity such as a state that favors or supports none of the parties involved in a disagreement, conflict, or war
Political principles
* Neutral point of view, a stance or tone that is free from
bias
Bias is a disproportionate weight ''in favor of'' or ''against'' an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group, ...
(see
journalistic objectivity
Journalistic objectivity is a considerable notion within the discussion of journalistic professionalism. Journalistic objectivity may refer to fairness, disinterestedness, factuality, and nonpartisanship, but most often encompasses all of these ...
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Gender neutrality
Gender neutrality (adjective form: gender-neutral), also known as gender-neutralism or the gender neutrality movement, is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguish ...
, a principle which advocates
gender equality
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...
practices and behaviors which are neutral in regard to
gender
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...
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Humanitarian neutrality, a principle governing humanitarian responses
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Medical neutrality, a principle of noninterference with medical services in times of armed conflict and civil unrest
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Network neutrality
Network neutrality, often referred to as net neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of co ...
, a principle which advocates that all data on the
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
be treated equally
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Search neutrality
Search neutrality is a principle that search engines should have no editorial policies other than that their results be comprehensive, impartial and based solely on relevance. This means that when a user types in a search engine query, the engine ...
, a principle that search engines should have no editorial policies other than that their results be comprehensive, impartial and based solely on relevance
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Neutrality (social choice) In social choice theory, Neutrality is a basic requirement of a social choice rule. It says that the rule does not discriminate apriori between different candidates. In other words, if the vector of candidates is permuted arbitrarily, then the retur ...
, a principle that a voting rule should not discriminate apriori between candidates.
Other uses in politics
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Neutrality of money
Neutral or neutrality may refer to:
Mathematics and natural science Biology
* Neutral organisms, in ecology, those that obey the unified neutral theory of biodiversity
Chemistry and physics
* Neutralization (chemistry), a chemical reaction i ...
, the notion that a change in the supply of money in an economy has no tangible effects
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Neutral Nation
The Neutral Confederacy (also Neutral Nation, Neutral people, or ''Attawandaron'' by neighbouring tribes) were an Iroquoian people who lived in what is now southwestern and south-central Ontario in Canada, North America. They lived throughout ...
, a group of Native Americans
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Neutral Bajwa
Neutral or neutrality may refer to:
Mathematics and natural science Biology
* Neutral organisms, in ecology, those that obey the unified neutral theory of biodiversity
Chemistry and physics
* Neutralization (chemistry), a chemical reaction in ...
, When an army chief surrenders on a threat letter from a foreign country by compromising country's sovereignty, is called neutral Bajwa
Technology
* Neutral (usually abbreviated "N"), the state where no gears are selected for a motor vehicle's
transmission
Transmission may refer to:
Medicine, science and technology
* Power transmission
** Electric power transmission
** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power
*** Automatic transmission
*** Manual transmission
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Neutral wire
Ground and neutral are circuit conductors used in alternating current electrical systems. The ground circuit is connected to earth, and neutral circuit is usually connected to ground. As the neutral point of an electrical supply system is often ...
, a conductor that provides a low impedance path to earth
Arts and media
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''Neutrality'' (film), a 1949 Spanish drama
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Neutral alignment, a categorization of the moral and ethical perspective of some characters, creatures and societies in some role-playing games
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Neutral (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game, alignment is a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of player characters, non-player characters, and creatures.
Most versions of the game feature a system in which ...
, an alignment in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game
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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 City, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among their releases were early records by Swans and the ...
, a record label
Other uses
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Neutral, Kansas, a community in the United States
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Neutral color
Neutral or neutrality may refer to:
Mathematics and natural science Biology
* Neutral organisms, in ecology, those that obey the unified neutral theory of biodiversity
Chemistry and physics
* Neutralization (chemistry), a chemical reaction in ...
, a description sometimes used to characterise the color gray
See also
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Impartiality
Impartiality (also called evenhandedness or fair-mindedness) is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another ...
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Neuter (disambiguation)
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Nutter (disambiguation)
Nutter may mean:
People
* Nutter (surname)
* Nutter Thomas (1869-1954), Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, South Australia
Places
* Nutter, Netherlands, a town
* Nutter Center, an entertainment arena near Dayton, Ohio, United States
Other
* ''T ...
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