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) In chemistry, neutralization or neutralisation (see spelling differences) is a chemical reaction in which acid and a base react quantitatively with each other. In a reaction in water, neutralization results in there being no excess of hydrogen or ...

, 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 ...

, 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 \bold ...

)

Philosophy

Neutrality (philosophy) Neutrality is the tendency not to ''side'' in a conflict (physical or ideological), which may not suggest neutral parties do not have a side or are not a side themselves. In colloquial use ''neutral'' can be synonymous with ''unbiased''. However, ...

, the absence of declared or intentional bias * Neutrality (psychoanalysis) * Neutral level, 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 ...

, 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 Bias is a disproportionate weight ''in favor of'' or ''against'' an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group ...

(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 distingui ...

, a principle which advocates

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

practices and behaviors which are neutral in regard to

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most culture ...

* Humanitarian neutrality, a principle governing humanitarian responses * Medical neutrality, 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 The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, p ...

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 The Neutral Confederacy (also Neutral Nation, Neutral people, or ''Attawandaron'' by neighbouring tribes) were an Iroquoian people who lived in what is now southwestern and south-central Ontario in Canada, North America. They lived throughout ...

, 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 Neutral Records is an independent record label. Glenn Branca ran the label during the No Wave and post-punk scene in the Lower East Side, New York City, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among their releases were early records by Swans and ...

, a record label

Other uses

* Neutral, Kansas, 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 i ...

, a description sometimes used to characterise the color gray