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Webster 1913 Edition


Passivity

Pas-siv′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
passivité
.]
1.
Passiveness; – opposed to activity.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
(Physics)
The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia.
Cheyne.
3.
(Chem.)
The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Passivity

PASSIV'ITY

,
Noun.
Passiveness, which see. [Little used.]
1.
The tendency of a body to persevere in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body.

Definition 2024


passivity

passivity

English

Noun

passivity (countable and uncountable, plural passivities)

  1. The state of being passive.
  2. Submissiveness.
  3. A lack of initiative.

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  • passivity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • passivity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911