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neutralize [′nü·trə‚līz] (chemistry) To make a solution neutral (neither acidic nor basic, pH of 7) by adding a base to an acidic solution, or an acid to a basic solution. (electronics) To nullify oscillation-producing voltage feedback from the output to the input of an amplifier through tube interelectrode capacitances; an external feedback path is used to produce at the input a voltage that is equal in magnitude but opposite in phase to that fed back through the interelectrode capacitance. (optics) To place a lens in contact with other lenses of equal and opposite power so that the combination has zero power. (ordnance) To destroy or reduce the effectiveness of enemy personnel and materiel by gunfire, bombing, or any other means. To make a toxic chemical agent harmless by chemical action. To disarm or otherwise render safe a mine, bomb, missile, or booby trap. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She knew how to hit to a hair's-breadth that moment of evening when the light and the darkness are so evenly balanced that the constraint of day and the suspense of night neutralize each other, leaving absolute mental liberty. Macey, sitting a long way off the ghost, might be supposed to have felt an argumentative triumph, which would tend to neutralize his share of the general alarm. Its weight was ever decreasing, and would be entirely annihilated on that line where the lunar and terrestrial attractions would neutralize each other. |
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