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passive

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passive: see voice voice, grammatical category according to which an action is referred to as done by the subject (active, e.g., men shoot bears) or to the subject (passive, e.g., bears are shot by men). In Latin, voice is a category of inflection like mood or tense.
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passive
1. Chem (of a substance, esp a metal) apparently chemically unreactive, usually as a result of the formation of a thin protective layer that prevents further reaction
2. Electronics Telecomm
a. containing no source of power and therefore capable only of attenuating a signal
b. not capable of amplifying a signal or controlling a function


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On the other hand, he believed that the second or slave-morality, where it became paramount, led to degeneration, because it was passive and defensive, wanting merely to keep those who practised it alive.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
On the other side, nobility extinguisheth the passive envy from others, towards them; because they are in possession of honor.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
With the snapping of her tail-shaft her life seemed suddenly to depart from her big body, and from a stubborn, arrogant existence she passed all at once into the passive state of a drifting log.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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