| PASSIVE | • passive adj. Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. • passive adj. Taking no action. • passive adj. (Grammar) Being in the passive voice. |
| PASSIVES | • passives n. Plural of passive. • PASSIVE n. the passive mood of a verb. |
| PASSIVATE | • passivate v. (Chemistry) to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface by applying a coating. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVELY | • passively adv. In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action. • passively adv. In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively. • passively adv. (Grammar) In the passive voice; having a passive construction. |
| PASSIVISM | • passivism n. The quality or principle of being passive. • PASSIVISM n. the doctrine of being passive. |
| PASSIVIST | • passivist n. One who adopts a passive approach, or passivism. • PASSIVIST n. one who believes in passivism, the doctrine of being passive. |
| PASSIVITY | • passivity n. The state of being passive. • passivity n. Submissiveness. • passivity n. A lack of initiative. |
| PASSIVATED | • passivated v. Simple past tense and past participle of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVATES | • passivates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVISMS | • passivisms n. Plural of passivism. • PASSIVISM n. the doctrine of being passive. |
| PASSIVISTS | • passivists n. Plural of passivist. • PASSIVIST n. one who believes in passivism, the doctrine of being passive. |
| PASSIVATING | • passivating v. Present participle of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVATION | • passivation n. (Chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to… • passivation n. (Chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride)… • passivation n. (Control theory) Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one. |
| PASSIVENESS | • passiveness n. The state or condition of being passive; passivity. • PASSIVENESS n. the state of being passive. |
| PASSIVITIES | • passivities n. Plural of passivity. • PASSIVITY n. the state of being passive. |
| PASSIVATIONS | • passivations n. Plural of passivation. • PASSIVATION n. the act of passivating. |
| PASSIVENESSES | • passivenesses n. Plural of passiveness. • PASSIVENESS n. the state of being passive. |