Passive
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Passive is the opposite of active. It has several specific meanings:
- Passive voice of a verb
- Passivation is the formation of a non-reactive surface film that inhibits further corrosion of a metal
- Passive language, a kind of metalanguage
- Passive components in electronics
- Passive mode in File Transfer Protocol
- Passive house, a standard for energy efficient buildings
- Emotional passivity is a form of submission to domination in relationship, and is not necessarily sexual in nature
- Social passivity is a form of submission to the dominant social forces and decisions makers whereby the subject gives up hope of being a cause for change
- The passive partner in a sexual activity
- "Passive" (song), by A Perfect Circle from their album eMOTIVe
- Not affecting physical matter
- as in telepathy: see Psionics - Passive
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