adj.
- not supporting either side in a conflict or dispute; impartial.
▸belonging to an impartial state or group.
- dispassionate or inoffensive.
- of or denoting a pale grey, cream, or beige colour.
- Chemistry neither acid nor alkaline; having a pH of about 7.
- electrically neither positive nor negative.
n.
- an impartial state or person.
- a neutral colour or shade.
- a disengaged position of gears.
- an electrically neutral point, terminal, etc.
Derivative
- neutrality n.
- neutrally adv.
Etymology
ME (as n.): from L. neutralis ‘of neuter gender’, from L. neuter (see neuter).