Neutral vs False - What's the difference?
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Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
* Shaftesbury
(grammar) Neither positive nor negative.
Neither beneficial nor harmful.
* Sir J. Davies
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, title= (biology) Having no sex; neuter.
Having no obvious colour; gray
(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
(chemistry) Having a pH near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.
A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
A person who takes no side in a dispute.
An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator (jargon / legal).
A neutral hue.
The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.
An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun neutral
is neutral (the position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.neutral
English
(wikipedia neutral)Adjective
(en adjective)- The heart can not possibly remain neutral , but constantly takes part one way or the other.
- Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, / And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
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(en noun)Anagrams
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Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}