Neutral

nū′tral, adj. being neuter, indifferent: taking no part on either side: unbia ed: neither very good nor very bad, of no decided character: having no decided colour, bluish or grayish: ( chem. ) neither acid nor alkaline.— n. a person or nation that takes no part in a contest.— n. Neutral isā′tion .— v.t. Neu′tralise , to declare by convention any nation permanently neutral or neutral during certain hostilities: to make inert: to render of no effect.— ns. Neu′traliser ; Neutral′ity , state of taking no part on either of two sides: those who are neutral.— adv. Neu′trally .— Neutral tint , a dull grayish colour; Neutral vowel , the vowel-sound heard in but , firm , her , ., and commonly in unaccented syllables.— Armed neutrality , the condition of a neutral power ready to repel aggre ion from either belligerent. [L. neutral is — neuter , neither.]