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 which an acid and a base react quantitatively with each other * Neutral solution, a chemical solution which is neither acidic nor basic * Neutral particle, a particle without electrical charge

Mathematics

* Neutral element 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 *

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. In particular, when elements of the random ve ...

, 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 ...

)

Philosophy

* Neutrality (philosophy), the absence of declared or intentional bias * Neutrality (psychoanalysis) *

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

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 (see journalistic objectivity) *

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 practices and behaviors which are neutral in regard to gender * Humanitarian neutrality, a principle governing humanitarian responses *

Medical neutrality Medical neutrality refers to a principle of noninterference with medical services in times of armed conflict and civil unrest: physicians must be allowed to care for the sick and wounded, and soldiers must receive care regardless of their political ...

, a principle of noninterference with medical services in times of armed conflict and civil unrest * Network neutrality, a principle which advocates that all data on the Internet be treated equally * Search neutrality, a principle that search engines should have no editorial policies other than that their results be comprehensive, impartial and based solely on relevance * Neutrality (social choice), a principle that a voting rule should not discriminate apriori between candidates.

Other uses in politics

* Neutrality of money, the notion that a change in the supply of money in an economy has no tangible effects * Neutral Nation, a group of Native Americans * Neutral Bajwa, 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 *** ...

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

* ''Neutrality'' (film), a 1949 Spanish drama * Neutral alignment, a categorization of the moral and ethical perspective of some characters, creatures and societies in some role-playing games ** Neutral (Dungeons & Dragons), an alignment in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game * Neutral Records, a record label

Other uses

Neutral, Kansas Neutral is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas Cherokee County (county code CK) is a U.S. county located in Southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 19,362. Its county seat is Columbus, and its mo ...

, a community in the United States *

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