Neutral or neutrality may refer to:
Mathematics and natural science
Biology
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Neutral organisms, in ecology, those that obey the unified neutral theory of biodiversity
Chemistry and physics
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Neutralization (chemistry), a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base react quantitatively with each other
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Neutral solution, a chemical solution which is neither acidic nor basic
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Neutral particle, a particle without electrical charge
Mathematics
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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
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Neutral vector, a multivariate random variable that exhibits a particular type of statistical independence (Dirichlet distribution)
Philosophy
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Neutrality (philosophy), the absence of declared or intentional bias
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Neutrality (psychoanalysis)
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Neutral level, the physical or material traces of esthesic and poietic processes identified in semiotics
Politics
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Neutral country, a polity such as a state that favors or supports none of the parties involved in a disagreement, conflict, or war
Political principles
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Neutral point of view, a stance or tone that is free from bias (see journalistic objectivity)
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Gender neutrality, a principle which advocates gender equality practices and behaviors which are neutral in regard to gender
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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, a principle which advocates that all data on the Internet be treated equally
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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
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Neutrality (social choice), a principle that a voting rule should not discriminate apriori between candidates.
Other uses in politics
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Neutrality of money, the notion that a change in the supply of money in an economy has no tangible effects
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Neutral Confederacy, historic Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands
Technology
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Neutral (usually abbreviated "N"), the state where no gears are selected for a motor vehicle's transmission
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Neutral wire, 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), an alignment in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game
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Neutral Records, a record label
Other uses
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Neutral, Kansas, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Neutral color, a description sometimes used to characterise the color gray
See also
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Impartiality
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Neuter (disambiguation)
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Nutter (disambiguation)
