Look up passive, passively, or passivity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Passive may refer to: Passive voice, a grammatical voice common in many languages...

Passivation may refer to: Passivation (chemistry) Passivation (spacecraft) Feedback passivation, a concept in nonlinear control This disambiguation page...

Passive-aggressive behavior is a communication that in the mind of the speaker is based on a strong negative emotion such as anger but is expressed using...

A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages. In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subject...

Passive smoking is the inhalation by individuals other than the smoker of tobacco smoke, called second-hand smoke, passive smoke (SHS) or environmental...

Passive house (Passivhaus) is a voluntary building performance standard for very high energy efficiency and thermal comfort that substantially reduces...

description of the behavior captures a stubborn malcontent, someone who passively resists fulfilling routine tasks, complains of being misunderstood and...

Passivation, in physical chemistry and engineering, refers to coating a material so it becomes "passive", that is, less readily affected or corroded by...

A passive investor is one who does not participate in the day-to-day decisions of running a company. In partnerships, such investors may be deemed limited...

Passive speaker(s) can refer to: A loudspeaker that lacks an integrated amplifier Passive speaker (language), a person who can understand but not speak...

reactors require both external (active) and internal (passive) systems. There are no 'passively safe' reactors, only systems and components. Safety systems...

A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic device that measures infrared (IR) radiation emitted by objects in its field of view. They are...

"Passive" is a song by American rock band A Perfect Circle. The song, originating from the Tapeworm side-project under the title "Vacant", was eventually...

bug, was one of the first covert listening devices (or "bugs") to use passive techniques to transmit an audio signal. It was concealed inside a gift...

A passive speaker (also referred to as a receptive bilingual or passive bilingual) is a category of speaker who has had enough exposure to a language...

In immunology, passive immunity is the transfer of active humoral immunity of ready-made antibodies. Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal...

Passive income is a type of unearned income that is acquired with little to no labor to earn or maintain. It is often combined with another source of...

found the fund was passively managed: "for all intents and purposes, this fund's portfolio is on autopilot." The theory underlying passive management, the...

Passive transport is a type of membrane transport that does not require energy to move substances across cell membranes. Instead of using cellular energy...

passive voice in English. In sentence (1), the verb form ate is in the active voice, but in sentence (2), the verb form was eaten is in the passive voice...

and law even when it conflicted with God's law or laws of nature, and passively obeying (not resisting) when it came to punishment for not actively obeying...

physical examination, with the leg being lifted actively by the patient or passively by the clinician. If the straight leg raise is done actively by the patient...

someone who can act as both a top and bottom. Older terms of "active" and "passive" are still often used. In the context of gay sex, the terms are top, bottom...

as other vessels. "Sonar" can refer to one of two types of technology: passive sonar means listening for the sound made by vessels; active sonar means...

A passive repeater or passive radio link deflection, is a reflective or sometimes refractive panel or other object that assists in closing a radio or...

Passive revolution is a transformation of the political and institutional structures without strong social processes by ruling classes for their own self-preservation...

renewable energy, and its technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar depending on how they capture and distribute solar...

in some countries under certain limited conditions, in both active and passive forms. Involuntary euthanasia, which is done without asking for consent...

Passive learning is a teaching method where students receive information from the instructor and internalize it. It is a method "where the learner receives...

Passive matrix is a type of addressing scheme used in early liquid crystal displays (LCDs). It is a matrix addressing scheme, meaning that only m + n...

Passive radar (also referred to as parasitic radar, passive coherent location, passive surveillance, and passive covert radar) is a class of radar systems...

Passive seismic is the detection of natural low frequency earth movements, usually with the purpose of discerning geological structure and locate underground...

other strongly electric fish, such as the electric ray, electrolocate passively. The stargazers are unique in being strongly electric but not using electrolocation...

Passive acoustics is the action of listening for sounds, often at specific frequencies or for purposes of specific analyses. It is often used for passive...

Passive dynamics refers to the dynamical behavior of actuators, robots, or organisms when not drawing energy from a supply (e.g., batteries, fuel, ATP)...

derivatives that produce the same return as the index. Index funds use passive management; they merely mirror an index and do not use stock picking. Many...

Passive Restraints is the second EP by American rock band Clutch, released in April 1992 via Earache Records. A reissue called Impetus was released in...

human paranormal behavior. It refers to all powers of the mind—from the passive (telepathy or clairvoyance) to the active (telekinesis or pyrokinesis)...

Passive hydroponics, semi-hydroponics or passive subirrigation is a method of growing plants without soil, peat moss, or bark. Instead an inert porous...

A passive attack on a cryptosystem is one in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely...

MDS Active intake with MDS Passive intake without MDS Passive intake with MDS HEV application (modified version of passive intake with MDS) Power numbers:[citation...

Passive review is the opposite of active recall, in which the learning material is processed passively (e.g., by reading, watching, etc.). For example...

The passive intellect (Latin: intellectus possibilis; also translated as potential intellect or material intellect), is a term used in philosophy alongside...

In English, the passive voice is marked by using be or get followed by a past participle. For example: The enemy was defeated. Caesar was stabbed. The...

"feedback passivation", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "passivation" You can also: Search for Feedback passivation in Wikipedia...

back to the reader. This number can be used to track inventory goods. Passive tags are powered by energy from the RFID reader's interrogating radio waves...

A passive optical network (PON) is a fiber-optic telecommunications network that uses only unpowered devices to carry signals, as opposed to electronic...

entirely of passive components is called a passive circuit, and has the same properties as a passive component. If a device is not passive, then it is...

sliding glass doors take the captured light and passively reflect it further inside. The light can be from passive windows or skylights and solar light tubes...

(50–57 °F), wines will age normally. Wine cellars can be either active or passively cooled. Active wine cellars are highly insulated and need to be properly...

determines the strength of the gravitational field generated by an object. Passive gravitational mass measures the gravitational force exerted on an object...

company specializes in passive devices — resistors, capacitors and inductors. In January 2020, they were the third largest passive component manufacturer...

use noise jamming, the missile can home in on the target's radiation passively (home-on-jam). This gives such missiles improved performance against noise...

A passive margin is the transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin. A passive margin forms by sedimentation...

Passive cooling is a building design approach that focuses on heat gain control and heat dissipation in a building in order to improve the indoor thermal...

The ability to passively heat a building is beneficial during the colder winter months to help keep temperature levels up. Passive solar systems collect...

supplemental oxygen, large volumes of intravenous fluids, and close monitoring. Passive leg raise may also be helpful in the emergency management. Administration...

The Darwin Awards are a rhetorical tongue-in-cheek honor that originated in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985. They recognize individuals who have...

wiretapping by a government agency is also called lawful interception. Passive wiretapping monitors or records the traffic, while active wiretapping alters...

necessarily, steel reinforcing bars (known as rebar) and is usually embedded passively in the concrete before the concrete sets. However, post-tensioning is...

Thom Powers (vocals, guitars). The band has released four studio albums: Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010), In Rolling Waves (2013), Simple Forms (2016)...

countries to dissociate and incriminate as separate offences, active and passive bribery. From a legal point of view, active bribery can be defined for...

Passive Control is the third studio album recorded by Yonderboi. The album was released on 23 September 2011. After six years of hiatus, Yonderboi returned...

a low power factor (such as induction motors) can be corrected with a passive network of capacitors or inductors. Non-linear loads, such as rectifiers...

In complexation catalysis, the term passive binding refers to any stabilizing interaction that is equally strong at the transition state level and in...

A partnership is an agreement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses...

Passive PoE power sources include switches and injectors, just like standard (active) PoE have. The injectors can be powered from AC or DC. Passive PoE-powered...

Constructivism is a theory that suggests that learners do not passively acquire knowledge through direct instruction. Instead, they construct their understanding...

Passive–aggressive personality disorder (PAPD), also called negativistic personality disorder, is a type of personality disorder characterized by procrastination...

environment also "passively sample" contaminants (bioaccumulation) and can be used to monitor water pollution (biomonitoring). Chemcatcher can passively sample inorganic...

coordinate system (alibi meaning "being somewhere else at the same time"); and passive or alias transformations which leave points fixed but change the frame...

for top and bottom include active and passive, and pitcher and catcher. The intended meanings of active vs. passive in reference to oral sex can be unclear...

A speaker enclosure using a passive radiator usually contains an "active loudspeaker" (or main driver), and a passive radiator (also known as a "drone...

pseudo-passive may refer to: Impersonal passive voice, a grammatical form that deletes the subject of an intransitive verb Prepositional passive, a form...

penetration due to the most commonly occurring incidence of sun angles. In passive solar building design, an extended eave is typically used to control the...

European and Indian languages, the past participle is used to form the passive voice. In English, participles are also associated with periphrastic verb...

Passive electioneering is the act of wearing campaign paraphernalia or carrying signs to a polling place with the intent of influencing voters. Across...

branch distribution. The fiber optic splitter is one of the most important passive devices in the optical fiber link. It is an optical fiber tandem device...

Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Sunrooms may feature passive solar building design to heat and illuminate them. In Great Britain, which...

interference, unlike a conventional iron compass. Some bacteria orient passively using magnetite crystals; the mechanism has not been reliably detected...

into two main types: active vocabulary (words one uses regularly) and passive vocabulary (words one recognizes but does not use often). An individual's...

papillary duct flows through aquaporin channels out of the duct, moving passively down its concentration gradient. This process reabsorbs water and creates...

grammatical voice that subsumes the meanings of both the middle voice and the passive voice. Languages of the Indo-European family (and many others) typically...

PRETTY (Passive REflecTomeTry and dosimetrY) is a CubeSat mission by the European Space Agency (ESA). The primary payload of the satellite is a passive reflectometer...

Integrated passive devices (IPDs), also known as integrated passive components (IPCs) or embedded passive components (EPC), are electronic components where...

this construction may be found in older English. Passive constructions also use auxiliary verbs. A passive construction rephrases an active construction...

In computer science and object-oriented programming, a passive data structure (PDS), also termed a plain old data structure or plain old data (POD), is...

portfolio. Active management is often compared to passive management or index investing. Passively managed funds consistently outperform actively managed...

reentry, ice and snow in glaciology, biological tissues in medicine, and passive fire protection materials. In artificial intelligence (AI), especially...

Tecmo for Sony's line of PlayStation consoles. They have an emphasis on passive combat via the use of traps. There are five games in the franchise. The...

pioneer' for contributing to the early development and popularization of passively managed index funds among retail investors. Sinquefield was also a co-founder...

velocity-dependent resistance to passive stretch (e.g., passively moving an elbow quickly will elicit increased muscle tone, but passively moving elbow slowly may...

LOBSTER was a European network monitoring system, based on passive monitoring of traffic on the internet. Its functions were to gather traffic information...

A smart key is a vehicular passive entry system developed by Siemens in 1995 and introduced by Mercedes-Benz under the name "Keyless-Go" in 1998 on the...

other. Joint crepitus: This can be obtained when the affected joint is passively moved with one hand, while the other hand is placed on the joint to feel...

that define the architecture and operation of gigabit-per-second–capable passive optical network (GPON). It is commonly used to implement the link to the...

of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by autonomous active or passive sonar, and provides both anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface...

suicidal ideation varies from fleeting thoughts to detailed planning. Passive suicidal ideation is thinking about not wanting to live or imagining being...

The passivation of a spacecraft is the removal of any internal energy contained in the vehicle at the end of its mission or useful life. Spent upper stages...

The VERA passive surveillance ESM system (known as Věra in Czech) is an electronic support measures (ESM) system that uses measurements of the time difference...

Passive corruption, in Brazilian criminal law, is one of the crimes committed by public officials against the general administration. Corruption can be...

contrast, passive BCIs are not influenced by human intention. Instead, they monitor ongoing brain states continuously. For example, a passive BCI may monitor...

membrane proteins which allow the passive movement of ions (ion channels), water (aquaporins) or other solutes to passively pass through the membrane down...

be passive and active according to internal processes. According to internal processes, passive systems and active systems are distinguished: passive, in...

the wrist, resulting in a claw-like deformity of the hand and fingers. Passive extension of fingers is restricted and painful. The most important signs...

lactiferous ducts to nurse an infant. The milk can flow through the nipple passively, or it can be ejected by smooth muscle contractions that occur along with...

Nethernet (previously known as PMOG, the Passively Multiplayer Online Game) was an online game in which players "passively" participated in while browsing web...

Look up passenger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A passenger is a passive traveler in a vehicle. Passenger(s) or The Passenger(s) may also refer...

molecules; and hearing involves pressure waves. Perception is not only the passive receipt of these signals, but it is also shaped by the recipient's learning...

"passive" remote sensing (when the reflection of sunlight is detected by the sensor). Remote sensing can be divided into two types of methods: Passive...

Intertechnology, Inc. is an American manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components founded by Polish-born businessman Felix Zandman...

Act 1918 saw British women over 30 gain the vote. Dutch women won the passive vote (allowed to run for parliament) after a revision of the Dutch Constitution...

the relative return. Index funds are the financial products that use passively managed portfolios. Many investors use the relative return measure to...

the active components must be "turned on"). Passive intermodulation (PIM), however, occurs in passive devices (which may include cables, antennas etc...

Passive rewilding refers to actively unmanaged environments that are allowed to regain natural dominance, typically after their abandonment. A type of...

heat pipe uses fluids inside a sealed case. The fluids circulate either passively, by spontaneous convection, triggered when a threshold temperature difference...

knowledge is more beneficial for learning when compared to only reading or passively studying material (even more so when the test is more challenging for...

typically between 180 and 270 degrees. This allows for a sharper image and passive matrix addressing, a simpler way to control the pixels in an LCD. While...

e., cowardice), and liberal hawk, referring to a person who adheres to passive liberalism in domestic politics while simultaneously having a militaristic...

appearance is heralded by Zarathustra. The last man is the archetypal passive nihilist. He is tired of life, takes no risks, and seeks only comfort and...

Exhalation (or expiration) is the flow of the breath out of an organism. In animals, it is the movement of air from the lungs out of the airways, to the...

by the brain or muscle strength. Hypotonia is a lack of resistance to passive movement whereas muscle weakness results in impaired active movement. Central...

guidance can be divided into three categories: active, semi-active, and passive. In active homing, the missile illuminates the target using its own source...

using extra capacity. Passive redundancy uses excess capacity to reduce the impact of component failures. One common form of passive redundancy is the extra...

which also advances this argument.) He exhorts people not to just wait passively for an opportunity to vote for justice, because voting for justice is...

partner (the one who is penetrating) representing masculinity and the passive partner (the one who is being penetrated) representing femininity. A number...

should instead be categorized as passive parks as opposed to urban wilds. Smaller urban wilds are used for passive recreation and have less value to...

Denis Show. In 2024 he launched the new series Todd Talbot Builds: The Passive House Project on Cottage Life. Deane, Natalie (03/17/17).https://torontosun...

Passive fire protection (PFP) is components or systems of a building or structure that slows or impedes the spread of the effects of fire or smoke without...

I'm proud I've been tasked to represent gay characters in games (and passively in animation). Progress" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "Fryda Wolff (visual voices...

the filter so that it follows the definitions given before. Higher-order passive filters can also be constructed (see diagram for a third-order example)...

Passive Wi-Fi is a refinement of Wi-Fi technology that uses passive reflection to reduce energy consumption. Wi-Fi use can account for up to 60 percent...

suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes called...

manually until indication. Autofocus methods are distinguished as active, passive or hybrid types. Autofocus systems rely on one or more sensors to determine...

character. She appears as a big dark sheet ghost with a big nose, who passively freezes everything around her. The Groke appears as a sheet ghost-like...

Pickups can be either active or passive. Pickups, apart from optical types, are inherently passive transducers. "Passive" pickups are usually wire-wound...

A vibrating belt machine is a device that was promoted to passively reduce body fat through the use of an oscillating or vibrating belt around the exercise...

days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini...

filter is a type of active circuit electronic filter that simulates a passive electronic ladder filter. Other names for this type of filter are active-ladder...

and in solids (such as in the earth). Location can be done actively or passively: Active acoustic location involves the creation of sound in order to produce...

the fact that Marple only appears in a few chapters and has a completely passive role in the investigation. At Bertram's Hotel met with mostly positive...

scaling relations. Both can be considered early-type galaxies that are passively evolving, at least in the local part of the Universe. Connecting the E...

manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. The company produces components, passive loudspeakers, and active powered speakers. Founder Bill Dudleston has provided...

phosphor. Some versions have an additional daytime reticle illumination via a passive external fiberoptic light pipe or are LED-illuminated using a dry battery...

releases. Nuclear power station operators around the world began to install passive autocatalytic recombiners ("PARs"), which do not require electricity to...

of each of these relationships flouted social conventions by assuming a passive sexual role. It is unclear how such relations between same-sex partners...

electronic components, based in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto. It produces ceramic passive electronic components, primarily capacitors, and has a majority marketshare...

combined with a nadir-pointing deployable boom, gravity-gradient forces passively stabilize the spacecraft's attitude. Spacecraft attitude determination...

Volcanic passive margins (VPM) and non-volcanic passive margins are the two forms of transitional crust that lie beneath passive continental margins that...

Ultimately, the 1791 Constitution distinguished between active citizens and passive citizens. As a result, it was never fully accepted by radicals in the Jacobin...

anti-ship missile, designated AGM-119 by the U.S. military, is a Norwegian passive IR seeker-based short-to-medium range anti-ship guided missile, designed...

active and a passive articulator. Active articulators are organs capable of voluntary movement which create the constriction, while passive articulators...

hypermedication, and other methods. Senio-euthanasia might also occur passively by omission and termination of treatment as well as neglect by abandonment...

several of these musical parts simultaneously. The Stick is available with passive or active pickup modules that are plugged into a separate instrument amplifier...

be unable to stretch sufficiently to allow such movement to take place (passive insufficiency). For both these reasons, it is often essential to use other...

can also be active or passive, where active stretches use internal forces generated by the body to perform a stretch and passive stretches involve forces...

be used with this method, and provide a way for the carbon dioxide to passively escape, which prevents the panic, sense of suffocation and struggling...

attracted considerable attention recently due to its tremendous potential for passively exploiting the coldness of the universe as clean and renewable energy...

word "ablative" derives from the Latin ablatus, the (suppletive) perfect, passive participle of auferre "to carry away". The ablative case is found in several...

mainly made up of myelinated axons, also called tracts. Long thought to be passive tissue, white matter affects learning and brain functions, modulating the...

examples of sustainable architecture. Low-energy houses often have active and passive solar building design and components, which reduce the house's energy consumption...

also called active suffrage, and the right to be elected, also called passive suffrage. In the first modern democracies, governments restricted the vote...

covering two or three different frequency ranges), there is a small amount of passive electronics called a crossover network which helps direct components of...

different frequency ranges. The crossover filters can be either active or passive. They are often described as two-way or three-way, which indicate, respectively...

POLDER (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances) is a passive optical imaging radiometer and polarimeter instrument developed by the...

yang, force and motion leading to form and matter. "Yin" is retractive, passive, contractive and receptive in nature in a contrasting relationship to "yang"...

above absolute zero emit thermal infrared energy, so thermal cameras can passively see all objects, regardless of ambient light. However, most thermal cameras...

a passive layer between the two active layers. In contrast, a piezoelectric unimorph has only one active (i.e. piezoelectric) layer and one passive (i...

impersonal passive voice is a verb voice that decreases the valency of an intransitive verb (which has valency one) to zero. The impersonal passive deletes...

urban environments. Noise-cancelling headphones differ from traditional passive noise-isolating headphones by actively reducing low-frequency environmental...

exemplar spectacle is television, the communications medium wherein people passively allow (cultural) representations of themselves to become the active agents...

fields, and from making original contributions in many fields to a more passive consumption of what has been contributed by others". Given this change...

This is a listing of passive satellites – inert or mostly inert satellites, mainly of the Earth. This includes various reflector type satellites typically...

National Organization for Passive Defense since 2005. He has also been the Special Assistant to the President of Iran for Passive Defense Affairs since 22...

A passive treatment system is a method for removing metals from acid mine drainage. There are several types of passive treatment systems, each of which...

The Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) is a passively safe generation III+ reactor design derived from its predecessor, the Simplified...

Between sex partners, the person in the doggy style position is usually passive, while the other partner is active (although sometimes it can be the other...

addressability and contrast. A TFT LCD is an active matrix LCD, in contrast to passive matrix LCDs or simple, direct-driven (i.e. with segments directly connected...

conditions (attractors). Passive systems are structures and components that are being processed. For example, a computer program is passive when it is a file...

styluses are powered by a removable or chargeable battery, or operate passively by inductance. Active styluses use different protocols by different manufacturers...

illustrated the gradual development of some young people in Greece who passively experienced consumer culture and then embraced Greek Orthodox piety as...

or passive cooling methods and rests beneath the laptop. Active coolers move air or liquid to direct heat away from the laptop quickly, while passive methods...

valve, called a valvular conduit by its inventor, is a fixed-geometry passive check valve. It allows a fluid to flow preferentially in one direction...

movement and slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. It is rooted in the anti-war movement which...

distance that a graded electric potential will travel along a neurite via passive electrical conduction. The greater the value of the length constant, the...

discovers that mankind's descendants have divided into two species, the passive, childlike, and vegetarian Eloi and the underground-dwelling Morlocks,...

depend on their environment for transportation, a type of mobility called passive locomotion, e.g., sailing (some jellyfish), kiting (spiders), rolling (some...

Passive leg raise, also known as shock position, is a treatment for shock or a test used to predict the response to rapid fluid loading during fluid resuscitation...

metaphorically described as experiencing "infection" and "contamination"—play as passive carriers rather than an active role to 'spread' content, making such content...

have adapted to tolerate fire. Fire acts favourably for some species. "Passive pyrophytes" resist the effects of fire, particularly when it passes over...

expelling any energy. There are two types of passive transport, passive diffusion and facilitated diffusion. Passive diffusion is the unassisted movement of...

who considers everything, living and non living, as divine, and who is passively detached from the affairs of the world. To know the truth, suggested Kabir...

adding "it implies two things: Either that a healer is a 'slut' who passively does nothing but heal, or the player is a healer who is a 'slut' for playing...

Combustion Engineering.) Further development of the 4-loop reactor and the passively cooled containment initially led to the AP600 concept, with a smaller...

achieved using a mechanical air conditioner or through other methods, such as passive cooling and ventilative cooling. Air conditioning is a member of a family...

displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Flower power – Slogan of passive resistance and nonviolence Industrial action – Measure taken by organised...

maternal blood. Nutrient transfer to the fetus can occur via both active and passive transport. Placental nutrient metabolism was found to play a key role in...

Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish: La noche oscura del alma) is a phase of passive purification in the mystical development of the individual's spirit, according...

Possible positions include: The passive partner is on all fours in the doggy position with the active partner behind. The passive partner is on their back in...

conceptual overview of this topic, researchers argue that both actively and passively generated digital footprints represent a new dimension of digital inequality...

connecting to teeth or dental implants, by suction, or by being held passively by surrounding muscles. Like other types of prostheses, they can either...

many joules and peak powers in the gigawatt region. On the other hand, passively Q-switched microchip lasers (with very short resonators) have generated...

active, dynamic and creative principle. The male deity is purusha, the passive, unchanging and observing principle. The interaction of both principles...

provide all-around situation awareness. Their thermographic cameras are passive: unlike radar, they do not emit radiation and therefore do not add to an...

towards superiors and the elderly, while it can be sidestepped through passive form. Standard Slovene is the national standard language that was formed...

traveller"; plural Mitläufer, feminine Mitläuferin) is a person tied to or passively sympathising with certain social movements, often to those that are prevalent...

proximal interphalangeal joint. Mild extension lag, passively correctable Moderate extension lag, passively correctable Mild flexion contracture Advanced flexion...

cannula (essentially a rigid tube), and often with a seal. They allow passive evacuation of excess gas or fluid from organs within the body; some also...

the tank. It generates a multi-axial magnetic signature optimized for passively fused magnetic influence fused mines. The system is made up of four emitter...

is unusually weak or thin, so that lithospheric extension permits the passive rising of melt from shallow depths. The origins of the concept of hotspots...

Infrasonic passive seismic spectroscopy (IPSS) is a passive seismic low frequency technique used for mapping potential oil and gas hydrocarbon accumulations...

Passive Resistance (passzív ellenállás) is a name attributed to an era of Hungarian politics in the 19th century. It refers to a form of opposition to...

platforms. Unlike traditional viral marketing, which relies on viewers passively sharing content, meme marketing encourages active participation and community...

Passive monitoring is a technique used to capture traffic from a network by copying traffic, often from a span port or mirror port or via a network tap...

stretch test, a patient lies prone, the knee is passively flexed to the thigh and the hip is passively extended (reverse Lasègues). The test is positive...

Center, Switzerland, invented the super-twisted nematic (STN) structure for passive matrix-addressed LCDs. H. Amstutz et al. were listed as inventors in the...

examples of data management failures have been noted. Some note the active or passive responsibility of Thiel and Karp in allowing conspiracy theories about...

solutions for water harvesting, filament tensile strength, bonding and passive motion – natural solutions being considered in future biomimetics. The...

Gadymedes. In its modern usage, the term catamite refers to a boy as the passive or receiving partner in anal intercourse with a man. The word appears widely...

a single one? High-availability – whether the configuration is active-passive, or active-active, the topology, coordination scheme, reliability targets...

known as TWDM-PON), Next-Generation Passive Optical Network 2 is a 2015 telecommunications network standard for a passive optical network (PON). The standard...

region of the joint where the passive osteoligamentous stability mechanisms exert little or no influence. During passive physiological movement of the...

cosmogony. Barbēlō is often depicted as a supreme female principle, the single passive antecedent of creation in its manifold. This figure is also variously referred...

network, such as the PSTN or a corporate telephone system. The probe passively monitors the E1/T1 or SDH/SONET bearer channels, and extracts the signalling...

between the active swimmers in a body of water, and the plankton that are passively carried along by the current. As a guideline, nektonic organisms have...

Continuous passive motion (CPM) devices are used during the first phase of rehabilitation following a soft tissue surgical procedure or trauma. The goals...

dominate the school through the use of casual violence. However, Kujo passively resists doing this. Aoki eventually realizes his best friend only took...

suppression, smoke detectors for fire detection, fire alarm systems, or passive fire protection (including some wildfire management strategies). Technical...

LARES (Laser Relativity Satellite) is a passive satellite system of the Italian Space Agency. LARES 1 was launched into orbit on 13 February 2012 at 10:00:00...

People who deliberately tan their skin by exposure to the sun engage in a passive recreational activity of sun bathing. Some people use chemical products...

which can be used passively. When used passively, these verbs take a passive form. Biggs gives three examples of universals in their passive form: inumia (drunk)...

(such as a digital telephone handset, a printer or a host computer). A passive distribution point, such as a distribution frame or patch panel is not...

equipment. The Casspir was unique in design when launched, providing for passive mine defence. The main armoured steel body of the vehicle is raised high...

Passive autocatalytic recombiner (PAR) is a device that removes hydrogen from the containment of a nuclear power plant during an accident. Its purpose...

A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism such as a wire attached to a device. Tripwire or tripwires may also refer to: Tripwire (novel), 1999 book...

on Willard, stating that the actor "found it difficult to play him as a passive onlooker". After viewing the first week's footage, Coppola replaced Keitel...

effects resulting from this interaction is called passivation.[citation needed] In general, passivation is considered to be a process that creates a non-reactive...

and Bartoll, 2005. Thermoluminescence dating was modified for use as a passive sand migration analysis tool by Keizars, et al., 2008 (Figure 3), demonstrating...

is replaced by a new g particle, restarting the cycle. When combining a passive daytime radiative cooling system with thermal insulation and evaporative...

historiography as presented by historian Idris Bitlisi, Alaeddin was more passive than his warrior brother, and thus stayed at home instead of fighting to...

developed a specialism in low energy passive house (Passivhaus) buildings, resulting in the first certified passive house building in London in 2010. In...

the region on or near the surface of the ocean. This is because it is a passive drifter, which means that it relies on water currents and wind to carry...

Passive Me, Aggressive You (stylised as Passive Me • Aggressive You) is the debut studio album by New Zealand indie electronic band the Naked and Famous...

home (ETTH). One family of standards known as Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) uses a passive optical network. With wide, metro, and local area networks...

obtain data about a particular disease that cannot be obtained through a passive system such as summarizing standard public health reports. Data collected...

film, received nothing, even though the film portrays him standing by passively as the actor playing Martinez fires the fatal shot. Whitman's autopsy...

transponder responses, then analyze and display conflict information. PCAS is passive and less expensive than active aircraft detection systems, such as TCAS...

fog collectors. AWG may require significant energy inputs, or operate passively, relying on natural temperature differences. Biomimicry studies found...

non-human primates. The society is open to anybody who actively, or is more passively interested in primatology, or anyone who is interested in supporting this...

towers they replaced, bastion fortifications offered a greater degree of passive resistance and more scope for ranged defence in the age of gunpowder artillery...

given, but only given as high as mediocrity, which may be interpreted as passive-aggressive. The concept can be found in the work of the Hellenistic sophist...

nations that are majority non-white are denied agency and are seen as passive recipients of white benevolence. The role is a modern-day version of "The...

or the examiner moves it passively. While the range of motion in external rotation is often the most severely limited, passive range of motion in abduction...

modulation of PDRCs, harnessing their passive cooling abilities during summer, while modifying them to passively heat during winter. Modulation can involve...

Chemical treatment of water to remove sediment may also be accomplished passively. Passive treatment systems use the energy of water flowing by gravity through...

with a wide variety of uses, from cosmetics to industrial lubrication and passive daytime radiative cooling. PDMS is particularly known for its unusual rheological...

electrical circuits that involve active semiconductor components and associated passive interconnection technologies. Analog electronics Digital electronics Electronic...

opportunistic encryption and is primarily intended as a countermeasure to passive monitoring. The STARTTLS command for IMAP and POP3 is defined in RFC 2595...

thermal insulation Better than normal air-tightness Good level of daylight Passive solar orientation — glazing oriented south for light and heat Thermal mass...

are used for temporary rooftop storage can be classified as "active" or "passive" depending on the types of control devices used to regulate drainage of...

Passive drinking, analogous to passive smoking, refers to the adverse consequences experienced by those around someone who is experiencing alcohol intoxication...

amplifier, while a passive differentiator is made only of resistors, capacitors and inductors.[citation needed] The four-terminal 1st-order passive high-pass filter...

evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers. It is a passive process that requires no energy expense by the plant. Transpiration also...

A passive electronically scanned array (PESA), also known as passive phased array, is an antenna in which the beam of radio waves can be electronically...

Some people consider quasi-passive exoskeletons to be a sub-category of passive exoskeletons, while others view quasi-passive exoskeletons as their own...

can also be marked for passive voice (as can the plain infinitive): (to) eat (plain infinitive, active) (to) be eaten (passive) (to) have eaten (perfect...

to the health of the smoker, and may also be harmful to others through passive smoking. In addition to being smoked and vaporized, cannabis and its active...

The 10 Gbit/s Ethernet Passive Optical Network standard, better known as 10G-EPON allows computer network connections over telecommunication provider...

no grammatical competence and do not actively speak the language), and passive speakers (who have nearly full comprehension competence but do not actively...

source. Passive microvalves are valves for which the operational state, i.e. open or close, is determined by the fluid they control. Most common passive microvalves...

is similar in structure to a previously presented prime. For example, passive sentences like "the cat was chased by the dog" are less likely to be produced...

This construction is similar to the passive voice, in that it decreases the verb's valency by one – the passive by deleting the agent and "promoting"...

replacing older passive filters that often had issues with large size and resonance. The main difference between active power filters and passive power filters...

re-review or confirm their benefits selections for the coming year, and a passive enrollment benefits election period, where employees are automatically...

expression is passive anger versus aggressive anger versus assertive anger. These three types of anger have some characteristic symptoms: Passive anger can...

A double envelope house is a passive solar house design which collects solar energy in a solarium and passively allows the warm air to circulate around...

one side to the other. In the Anglosphere, it has been identified as a passive-aggressive response to an undesirable situation or person. The gesture...

emotional restraint, and self-deprecation. It is sometimes associated with passive-aggression. Playwright and corporate communications consultant Syl Jones...

in length, functions as a molecular spring that is responsible for the passive elasticity of muscle. It comprises 244 individually folded protein domains...

and the feeling of being observed. Parks can be divided into active and passive recreation areas. Active recreation is that which has an urban character...

Spirogyra and the grasslike stoneworts. Most algae are plankton carried passively by water, although some macroalgae have holdfasts for anchorage. Algae...

to have occurred within a rift basin that evolved into a largely marine passive margin setting. The glacial diamictite deposits within the Huronian are...

Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain is the debut studio album by the English new wave and synth-pop band China...

satellites, passive and active. Passive satellites only reflect the signal coming from the source, toward the direction of the receiver. With passive satellites...

transformational grammar, the English active voice sentence "Emma saw Daisy" and its passive counterpart "Daisy was seen by Emma" share a common deep structure generated...

For example, aluminium foil develops a thin skin of Al2O3 (called a passivation layer) that protects the foil from further oxidation. Oxides are extraordinarily...

source of meaning. In this context, Nietzsche contrasted passive with active nihilism. Passive nihilism is a form of resignation characterized by pessimism...

the Nazi Party, Canaris turned against Hitler and committed acts of both passive and active resistance during World War II following the German invasion...

cancels-out incoming vibration. "Passive vibration isolation" refers to vibration isolation or mitigation of vibrations by passive techniques such as rubber...

nominal forms: a present infinitive, a present participle, and a past passive. Not all tenses and persons are represented in all moods and voices, as...

mechanism is slightly different. A passive addition rebreather of this type does not need a separate ADV as the passive addition valve already serves this...

(generally passive i.e. non-switched and unmanaged; however managed Token Ring MAUs do exist in the form of CAUs, or Controlled Access Units). Passive Token...

sign. Thus passive components have positive power consumption, while power sources have negative power consumption. This is called the passive sign convention...

consumers, instead of being ruled by them; in this way, individuals become passive subjects who contemplate the reified (or solidified) spectacle. Debord...

systems that use door- or pillar-mounted keypad entry systems; touchless passive entry / smart key systems that allow a key to remain pocketed; and PAAK...

an electric motor). The simpler, lighter, and less expensive versions passively resist the motion, moving only when walkers push the belt with their feet...

(Serbian Cyrillic: Радован) is a Slavic male given name, derived from the passive adjective radovati ("rejoice"), itself from root rad- meaning "care, joy"...

Laminated glass, Correctly positioned fuel tanks, Fuel pump kill switches Passively safe Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) Electronic Stability Control "Volvo...

Followup JWST spectroscopy found it to be an interloper, and is in fact a passive galaxy at a much lower redshift (z = 4.0). The discovery of HD1 (RA:10:01:51...

converter cables from passive HDMI to VGA cables (which are typically cheaper as they don't include any electronics). The passive cables are only useful...

electrochemical gradient (passive transport) from the lumen into the tubular cell, together with water and chloride which also diffuse passively. Water is reabsorbed...

performance. Without an electronic circuit, a cable is considered passive. Unlike passive cables, which can suffer from data degradation due to issues such...

The passive solar design of buildings includes consideration of their orientation to the sun and their thermal mass, factors which have been incorporated...

the right side of the body would indicate one is a "bottom" (considered passive in it). For example, a dark blue handkerchief indicates an interest in...

components from the applied signal, enhance wanted ones, or both. They can be: passive or active analog or digital high-pass, low-pass, band-pass, band-stop (band-rejection;...

receiving end and has been described by some mental health professionals as a passive-aggressive form of emotional abuse or cruelty. The term is used in the...

Solar gain (also known as solar heat gain or passive solar gain) is the increase in thermal energy of a space, object or structure as it absorbs incident...

Herakles is a passive electronically scanned array multi-function radar manufactured by Thales Group. It is installed on board the FREMM multipurpose...

extensive work of professor and architect Félix Trombe in the design of passively heated and cooled solar structure, they are often called Trombe Walls...

are four types of communication behavior: aggressive, assertive, passive, and passive-aggressive. Aggression is defined as a random act of anger in which...

advantageous strategy to active mate guarding. In some species, such a passive mate-guarding strategy may reduce selection on large male size. Such a...

that the Church wanted viewers to be more critical of films rather than passively consuming them. The list features films that contain elements critical...

also testing laboratories for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) and passive safety. It also includes a powertrain laboratory, engine dynamometers,...

first by Michelet (1857) in his pantheistic work Insecte, to contrast the passive life of plants with animal joie de vivre, and then by Émile Zola in his...

MANPADS system. It is designed to target aircraft at low altitudes with passive infrared-homing guidance and destroy them with a high-explosive warhead...

'it was spoken', 'it has been spoken', and 'it had been spoken', in the passive voice. The auxiliary verb ei used for negation, usually with the naked...

The following is a list of poisonous animals, which are animals that passively deliver toxins (called poison) to their victims upon contact such as through...

beach. Pool monitoring systems fall into two broad categories: Active or Passive. Active systems are often using a wearable on the swimmer, such as a wristband...

battering rams are used as weapons in aggressive interactions between rivals. Passive displays such as ornamental feathering or song-calling have also evolved...

the other hand on the patient's arm below the elbow. The examiner will passively flex the shoulder forward. When performing the Neer impingement test,...

scheduling will continue. An example is "blocking on a channel" where passively waiting for the other part (i.e. no polling or spin loop) is part of the...

numerous detail changes, such as a conning tower, stepped sail, and the BQR-4 passive sonar mounted in the top portion of the bow instead of further below. This...

There are two types of acoustic homing: passive acoustic homing and active acoustic homing. Objects using passive acoustic homing rely on detecting acoustic...

was also featured in Michel Gondry's film The Science of Sleep (2006). "Passive Manipulation" is the shortest song recorded by the band and features Meg...

home, while standard Hindi is used in religious service, writing, and passively through the consumption of Hindi film exports from India. Tamil was once...

involved in a process of meaning and knowledge construction as opposed to passively receiving information. Constructivist approach teaching methods are based...

transceivers that are used for instance in medical ultrasound (echo) scans. Passive transducers require an external power source to operate, which is called...

vibration into the surrounding air or water. Noise control is an active or passive means of reducing sound emissions, often for personal comfort, environmental...

control electric current flow. Previously electrical engineering only used passive devices such as mechanical switches, resistors, inductors, and capacitors...

cells. These latter processes do not require added energy, as they act passively. During the pre-abscission phase, deciduous plants excrete by leaf-fall...

the portfolio known as the "satellite" portion. The "core" is made of passively managed securities and uses a traditional benchmark (e.g., Russell 3000...

when they play sport as a hobby; or consume an entertainment product passively, such as when they attend a performance. The entertainment industry (informally...

with crime dramas is almost completely missing. The audience, therefore, passively watch the proceedings unfold on the screen but don’t feel involved in...

of software for analytics and enforcing of agreements. It can be either passive data collection, or active restriction. Software metering can take different...

tax deduction with the IRS, being attributed as the first mobile app to passively track such data. MileIQ has been compared to Fitbit for driving and has...

them, rather than on its exterior. Designs can be varied. Some can be passively safe, ignoring all changes of momentum below a certain threshold, thereby...

child as a growing organism and believes that the role of education is to passively support this growth rather than actively fill the child with information...

44-acre (18 ha) passive park located off Glenwild Avenue in Bloomingdale, New Jersey. It contains trails and creates opportunities for passive recreation in...

participles: Present Active Participles, Perfect Passive Participles, Future Active Participles, and Future Passive Participles. Latin sometimes uses prepositions...

This feature makes price-weighted indices unattractive as benchmarks for passive investment strategies and portfolio managers. Nonetheless, many price-weighted...

called envenomation. Venoms are often distinguished from poisons, which is passively delivered by being ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin; and...

partner. The one being penetrated may be referred to as the bottom or passive partner. Those with no strong preference for either are referred to as...

of self-determination and individual empowerment to counter the typical passive acceptance of fate. It has become a popular cult classic, with stars including...

angular-momentum biasing, which more closely mimics the way that signals passively circulate in a ferrite circulator. In 1964, Mohr presented and experimentally...

Active or Passive. Thus, traditional grammars have represented the gerund as having four forms – two for the active voice and two for the passive: The same...

by vocal suggestions that induce a state of relaxation and is based on passive concentration of bodily perceptions like heaviness and warmth of limbs...

being brave, outspoken and independent, nonetheless "are forced to behave passively as others help them achieve their respective goals." Michelle Munro, writing...

room. There are two primary classifications of smart glass: active or passive. The most common active glass technologies used today are electrochromic...

generated by the operation of the spacecraft it serves. A TCS can eject heat passively through the simple and natural infrared radiation of the spacecraft itself...

forming phased array, and digital beam forming (DBF) array. A passive phased array or passive electronically scanned array (PESA) is a phased array in which...

result in death. Some authors classify this voluntary action as a form of passive euthanasia, while others treat it separately because it is treated differently...

precursor to the APS was the passive-pixel sensor (PPS), a type of photodiode array (PDA). A passive-pixel sensor consists of passive pixels which are read out...

and powdery mildew susceptibility of Galia melon cultivars grown in a passively ventilated greenhouse" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-13...

Spinal mobilization is a type of passive movement of a spinal segment or region. It is usually performed with the aim of achieving a therapeutic effect...

campaign available. The idea of the game is to use gold that has been gained passively to create troops who battle automatically and advance. These troops can...

ground coupling, earth sheltering, and evaporative cooling to enhance the passive cooling profile of a building. By carefully designing the building's structure...

permeable, with the passage of molecules controlled by facilitated diffusion, passive transport or active transport regulated by proteins embedded in the membrane...

tense and the conditionals. The passive participle is also called "n/t-participle" and is used for forming the passive voice. There are two types of endings:...

heating of facility ventilation air. Their use can help buildings meet Passive House standards or LEED certification. Earth-air heat exchangers have been...

Weiers did fieldwork on the language, few people spoke it, most knew it passively and most were older than 40. By 1982, Moghol was nearly extinct; it had...

actively managed bond portfolios, which attempt to outperform the index, and passively managed bond portfolios, that are designed to match the performance of...

refer to nutrition or substances of which the nutritive elements are passively absorbed. In a broader sense, "pablum" can refer to something bland, mushy...

Passive heave compensation is a technique used to reduce the influence of waves upon lifting and drilling operations. A simple passive heave compensator...

the Gawler craton in what is now Australia may have been experiencing passive margin conditions, given the rocks found in the Hutchison Group overlying...

Renata A. Simão, and Wilma C. Lima (2004): "Evaluation of chromate passivation and chromate conversion coating on 55% Al–Zn coated steel". Surface and...

officially classified as a Mitläufer, a 'fellow traveller', a person passively complicit in Nazi crimes. Fick participated in the reconstruction of Linz...

utilizing a program that involves continuous passive motion will reduce the pain even further. Assisted passive motion at a low intensity allows the tissues...

effectiveness or efficiency. Related concepts include malicious compliance, passive-aggressive behaviour, and micromanagement, which can impair progress through...

floors of a home or office via power dividers and zoned antennas either passively or via amplifiers, potentially eliminating the need for multiple access...

Real user monitoring (RUM) is a passive monitoring technology that records all user interaction with a website or client interacting with a server or...

distinguished between satyagraha and passive resistance in the following letter: I have drawn the distinction between passive resistance as understood and practised...

conducting base station surveys, the StingRay mimics a cell phone while passively collecting signals being transmitted by cell-sites in the area of the...

objective of GASPACS was to deploy a 1-meter inflatable aerodynamic boom to passively stabilize its attitude. GASPACS was the world's first CubeSat to be developed...

and heats the incoming air. Another example is the heat sink, which is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a...

pioneering work in passive solar building design with the Trombe wall, which bears his name. He is also credited with hypothesizing passive daytime radiative...

A component may be fitted in good thermal contact with a heatsink, a passive device with large thermal capacity and with a large surface area relative...

Khanty has present and past tenses, indicative and imperative moods and passive and active voices. Generally, the present tense is marked, and the past...

development and local manufacturing based in Ottawa. Initially producing passive networking components, Optelian has added active products for service providers...

first generation of Web 1.0-era websites where people were limited to passively viewing content. Examples of Web 2.0 features include social networking...

feminine perfect passive participle of the verb χαριτόω (charitóō), which means "to show, or bestow with, grace" and here, in the passive voice, "to have...

envenomation. They are often distinguished from poisonous animals, which instead passively deliver their toxins (called poison) to their victims upon contact such...

solar heating systems to heat a liquid such as water. The water is heated passively by solar energy and relies on heat energy being transferred from the sun...

for jussive, -an or -anna for energetic). The development of an internal passive. There are several features which Classical Arabic, the modern Arabic varieties...

novel as well as the 1975 film adaptation. A coldhearted, abusive, and passive-aggressive tyrant, Nurse Ratched has become the stereotype of the nurse...

transducer. Unlike active sonar, passive sonar does not emit its own signal, which is an advantage for military vessels. But passive sonar cannot measure the...

provide gain, while passive phase shifters are lossy. Active: Applications: active electronically scanned array (AESA), passive electronically scanned...

the knees extended. The examiner holds the patient's right thigh and passively extends the hip. Alternatively, the patient lies on their back, and the...

qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time...

family of land and naval two- or three-dimensional G/H-band (4 to 8 GHz) passive electronically scanned array radar-based surveillance and air defense command...

system-level processes. Well-known applications running as servers and passively listening for connections typically use these ports. Some examples include:...

itself supply power to the loop and so is passive. Another loop may contain two passive chart recorders, a passive pressure transmitter, and a 24 V battery...

from the turtle barnacles about three million years ago. Whale barnacles passively filter food, using tentacle-like cirri, as the host swims through the...

film, received nothing, even though the film portrays him standing by passively as the actor playing Martinez fires the fatal shot. Whitman's autopsy...

"building"), and sometimes correspond with additional semantic meaning such as passive or causative action. Semitic languages make extensive use of nonconcatenative...

television (61–74% of broadcasts were in Russian in 1970). Lithuanians passively resisted Russification and continued to use their own language. On 18...

Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) is a NASA environmental monitoring satellite that measures soil moisture across the planet. It is designed to collect...

also known as Variable Volume Exhaust (VVE)) Oxygen partial pressure in a passive addition system is controlled by the breathing rate of the diver. Feed...

awarded the American Solar Energy Society Passive Solar Pioneer Award in 1996. They have been leaders in both passive solar architecture and the rediscovery...

Kopáč (the word means "digger" in Czech) was an early electronic warfare support measures (ESM) system developed in Czechoslovakia in the early 1960s that...

of real objects. This process can be accomplished either by active or passive methods. If the model is allowed to change its shape in time, this is referred...

systems. The name refers to the fact that the missile itself is only a passive detector of a radar signal—provided by an external source via radar illumination—as...

specification for driving slots, backplanes are now offered as passive and active. True passive backplanes offer no active bus driving circuitry. Any desired...

pigmentation of the lungs due to long standing pulmonary congestion (chronic passive congestion). Occurs with mitral stenosis and left sided heart failure....

up the fire and air triplicities. Negative polarity signs, also called passive, yin, receptive, or feminine signs, are the six even-numbered signs of...

balance between water loss and nutrient absorption. Living root cells passively absorb water. Pressure within the root increases when transpiration demand...

the story's credits scene, noting "we're the ones with the smartphones, passively absorbing abuses to human rights and decency, and yet revelling in the...

time. There are multiple ways individuals cope with frustration such as passive–aggressive behavior, anger, or violence, although frustration may also...

involves intervention, letting die involves withholding care (for example, in passive euthanasia), or other forms of inaction (such as in the Trolley problem)...

actively protract the claws by contracting muscles in the toe, and they passively retract them. The dewclaws are expanded but do not protract. They have...

other upward revaluation of fixed assets. Capital appreciation may occur passively and gradually, without the investor taking any action. It is distinguished...

wider frequency range (bandwidth) than passive antennas, and are primarily used in situations where a larger passive antenna is either impractical, such...

released in support of the album; a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine", and "Passive", a previously unreleased song originating from the defunct Tapeworm project...

when the ISS environment or heat load exceeds the capabilities of the passive control systems. International Space Station (ISS) Electrical system of...

Arabic given male name meaning "praiseworthy". The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), meaning "to praise", which...

hamstrings will result in hip and knee extension. Hip extension also adds a passive stretch component to rectus femoris, which results in a knee extension...

instruments, etc.). A non-managed separate account is one that invests more "passively" in that it typically owns shares of other managed pools of investments...

chemical composition and microstructure of a passive film are different from the underlying metal. Typical passive film thickness on aluminium, stainless steels...

Nazism varied. Some clergy and laypeople resisted, while others remained passive. The Vatican used diplomatic channels to assist victims and advocate for...

(FBNR) is a simple, small, proliferation resistant, inherently safe and passively cooled nuclear reactor with reduced environmental impact. The reactor...

device, an electronic component with just one circuit element, either passive or active, other than an integrated circuit Discrete group, a group with...

varies between patients depending on the symptoms. There are a number of passive devices for enhancing limb movement, intended to be worn to aid movement...

ash. Others are designed to burn off the accumulated particulate either passively through the use of a catalyst or by active means such as a fuel burner...

studio built into its headquarters. Namco's 1995 arcade game Soul Edge used passive optical system markers for motion capture. Motion capture also uses athletes...

terminal, is a device which serves as the service provider endpoint of a passive optical network. It provides two main functions: to perform conversion...

manipulation or intervention: phenomena are actively created instead of being passively observed. The concept of evidence is of central importance in epistemology...

would be lost if victims and bystanders involved in the situation remain passive, or law enforcement response is delayed until overwhelming force can be...

Impetus is a reissue of the EP Passive Restraints by the band Clutch in 1997. The EP has two tracks added to it from the Naive album, a compilation of...

be generated without transformations. For example, the by then popular passive transformation derives Prince Jamal was strangled by Fabio. from the active...

literal translation of the Greek word as an English word to refer to the passive partner in Greek homosexual relationship. Though in many contexts the younger...

AN/SQR-17 is a passive submarine detection system developed by Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc (now Leonardo DRS) for the US Navy and is still used...

number. They can also use broadcasting or multicasting, where clients passively listen to time updates after an initial round-trip calibrating exchange...

articulated buses, and internal transport trolley trains can be regarded as passively-articulated vehicles. A few types of vehicle use only rear-wheel steering...

"Yageo - world-leading provider of passive components". Retrieved 16 January 2017. "Yageo - world-leading provider of passive components". Retrieved 16 January...

characterized by native materials; flat roofs and large cantilevered overhangs for passive solar heating and natural cooling; natural lighting with clerestory windows;...

The wire strike protection system (WSPS) consists of guides and a passive mechanical wire cutter designed to mitigate the risk of wire strikes while flying...

into 'active' races (at the pinnacle of which were Germanic stock) and 'passive' races (Mongoloids, Negroids, Egyptians, Finns and Hindus). Allgemeine...

and passive, depending on whether the client handling the selected data has to actively participate in the transfer to a client requesting it: Passive When...

meeting other specific conditions, typically having a specific passive or that passive at max level. Sessions of Vampire Survivors have a soft time limit...

proglottids are full of eggs, and fall off to leave the host, either passively in the feces or actively moving. All tapeworms are hermaphrodites, with...

Some hippies were active in political organization, whereas others were passive and more concerned with art (music, painting, poetry in particular) or...

promote using action verbs (identify, analyze, evaluate) as opposed to passive verbs (learn, recognize, understand) when creating course goals. Habanek...

mountains there is no widely accepted geophysical model that explains elevated passive continental margins such as the Scandinavian Mountains, eastern Greenland...

that posited either romantic illusions or 'cool' boasting. Rather than passively wallowing in these conceits, or swallowing their deceits, Jackson set...

and Bone Brimstone, a character in the video game Valorant Brimstone, a passive item in the video game The Binding of Isaac and its remake Brimstone Peak...

interior occupants. sustainable building—passive solar heating, and with operable units; ventilation for passive cooling and fresh air exchange. An unglazed...

his weaponry to the land battle as the safest course to follow. Although passive, Vitgeft's preference was actually more in keeping with the Russian Navy's...

Bottom may refer to: Bottom (BDSM), the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant Bottom (sex)...

Side Impact Protection System (SIPS) is a passive safety system in an automobile to protect against injury in a side collision, developed by Volvo Cars...

Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion (also known as passive double immunodiffusion) is an immunological technique used in the detection, identification...

Look up bluing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bluing (steel) is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust Bluing may...

to choose those foreordained to eternal wrath, yet at the same time the passive nature of that foreordination. This is possible because most Calvinists...

can have ergative morphology and accusative syntax). Languages with a passive voice construction may resort to it to allow the default syntactic pivot...

used to fasten a bracket for mounting the following optical sights: the passive PCS-6 night sight, a CK-3 reflex optical collimator (red dot sight), LKA-4...

time: "The magazine stayed true to its ethos right until the bitter end – passive, unthreatening, with (objectified versions of) women for everyone." Some...

cognate object of the verb slept. This construction also has a passive form. The passive is A troubled sleep was slept by him. Cognate objects exist in...

ventilation, or mixed-mode ventilation. Natural ventilation relies on passive forces such as wind pressure and the stack effect, while mechanical ventilation...

stand for election, right to be a candidate or passive suffrage is one part of free and fair elections. Passive suffrage is distinct from active suffrage,...

lesser titles (see grand title of the Emperor of Austria). Due to his passive but well-intentioned character, he gained the sobriquet The Benign (German:...

Pressurisation ductwork is a passive fire protection system. It is used to supply fresh air to any area of refuge, designated emergency evacuation or...

lost and overlooked had it been released in 2020. However, the singles "Passive Aggressive" and "Daddy" were both released in 2020, and "Meaningless" followed...

Korea mainly uses a lock system by Gateman.[citation needed] The "passive" in passive electronic locks means no power supply. Like electronic deadbolts...

only member, Kaufman produced several publications. One pamphlet, titled "Passive Purchase" advocated the establishment of a two-week period during which...

Smith was also credited with introducing the first large-scale commercial passive double-wall structure in the United States, located at 601 Congress Street...

can express meanings such as negation, present and past tense, volition, passive voice, causation, imperative and conditional mood, and ability. There are...

interconnecting dies such as semiconductor devices, IC chips, integrated passive devices and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), to external circuitry...

This change may be accomplished by passive or active devices. Passive devices by definition require no energy. Passive techniques include turbulators or...

fuse or polymeric positive temperature coefficient device (PPTC) is a passive electronic component used to protect against overcurrent faults in electronic...

shallow-buried in a trench to create a STES. Earth-bermed buildings. Stores heat passively in surrounding soil. Salt hydrate technology. This technology achieves...

it and share the identifiers of the endpoint with the passive IMSI-catcher. The vendors of passive IMSI-catchers take privacy more into account. False base...

means (such as by operating an electric or manual fan) or can take place passively, as a function of pressure differentials present in the environment. Like...

The Kolchuga (Кольчуга, 'Chainmail') passive sensor is an electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system developed in the Soviet Union and manufactured...

ingressive velic trill does not involve the tongue; it is the velum that passively vibrates in the airstream. The Speculative Grammarian has proposed a jocular...

Polite: Buku dibantun ku abdi. "The book is brought by me." Dibantun is the passive form ngabantun "bring". Pulpén ditambut ku abdi. "The pen is borrowed by...

as her husband, a non-smoker, believed that his illness was caused by passive smoking, as he had worked in many smoky environments during his career...

higher thermal efficiency, significantly enhanced safety systems (including passive nuclear safety), and standardized designs intended to reduce maintenance...

speaker it will power; and the speaker designer is not required to include a passive crossover, decreasing production cost and possibly sound quality. Some...

love interests. Critics have also argued that harem genre tropes around a passive protagonist effortlessly picking and choosing from multiple eager suitors...

system sets up a set of passive approach which only activates when the system encounters security problems. Usually, "Passive" countermeasures include:...

throughout an in-game week, with the player deciding how violently or passively he will react to various situations. The player navigates the game's map...

allows more sodium ions to enter the cell from the luminal side. Water passively follows the sodium out of the cell along its concentration gradient. Cuboidal...

financing the film, their operational role is project-dependent, ranging from passive financial backing to active creative collaboration. Executive producers...

management after strategically deciding against a major initiative in passive investment. T. Rowe Price was named one of the best places to work in money...

active or passive. A victim of a knife attack, for example, would receive active defense wounds from grasping at the knife's blade, and passive defense...

active and passive salt movement. An active salt structure may pierce its overburden and from then on continue to develop as a purely passive salt diapir...

from the Latin word secernere, "to distinguish" or "to set apart", the passive participle (secretum) meaning "having been set apart", with the eventual...

Inertial mass intrinsic to an object, the sum of all of its mass–energy. Passive mass, the response to gravity, the object's weight. Active mass, the mass...

small channels located between its scales. Captured water is transported passively via capillary action in semi-tubular channels located beneath the partially...

analyze sensory data and then alert foot-soldiers to any possible threats, passive or direct. CT2WS is part of U.S. Department of Defense's effort to produce...

communicating with Peggy's smart card. The building opens and Mallory enters. Passive keyless entry and start (PKES) systems used in automobiles are a documented...

Eldar Shengelaia, and co-written by Rezo Cheishvili. The plot concerns a passive young author (Ramaz Giorgobiani) who enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy...

intake, matched with a variable-geometry low-noise exhaust nozzle and a passively cooled high-pressure turbine to a conventional engine design. In supersonic...

failed." The mine uses Reliable Acoustic Path (RAP) sound propagation to passively identify and track the difference between hostile submarine signatures...

OnPassive (stylized ONPASSIVE) was a fraudulent technology company based in Dubai that develops AI-powered marketing, CRM, international business and...

and passive continental margins". Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2019-11-13. Map showing the locations of active and passive continental...

The AN/SPY-1 is a United States Navy passive electronically scanned array (PESA) 3D radar system manufactured by Lockheed Martin, and is a key component...

According to Fiorelli and Melsen, the role of passive TPA for anchorage has been frequently misunderstood. A passive TPA solidarizes the two molars or the two...

questions the contestant answers correctly, the more money the contestant passively earns. There are three to four lifelines which the participant can use...

organic compounds into small, simple molecules. Absorption: The active and passive transport of the chemical products of digestion out of the food-containing...

for variety, or on a more regular or routine basis, a woman may assume a passive role during sexual activity and leave it to her partner to provide their...

Traditional climbing adds the need to carry a "rack" of temporary and removable passive and active protection devices. Multi-pitch climbing, and the related big...