Neutral
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 (physics), a particle without electrical charge
- Neutral vector (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
Social science
Other
- Neutral, abbreviated 'N', in a motor vehicle transmission, when no gears are selected
- Neutral point of view "NPOV" (journalism), a stance or tone that is free from bias, see Objectivity (journalism)
- Neutral Nation, a group of Native Americans
- Network neutrality
- Neutral wire (electricity), a conductor that provides a low impedance path to the earth
- Neutral alignment (role-playing games), 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, a record label
- Humanitarian principles#Neutrality (humanitarian principles), a principle governing humanitarian response
- Switzerland, a country known for being neutral
See also