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Definition of passivity in English: passivitynoun paˈsɪvɪti mass noun1Acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance. the perceived passivity of the populace is deceptive the passivity of television watching Example sentencesExamples - Brought up to believe that women cannot control their own bodies, she continually alternates her silent passivity with unexpected moments of violence.
- These lines play with the notion of human passivity.
- It hardly needs to be said that children prefer action to passivity.
- The characters talk about psychoanalysis, dream study, mind-altering drugs, and sexual affairs with an almost textbook distance and passivity.
- Unlike the culture it describes, the film encourages action over passivity.
- His portrayal of Godfrey is a wonderment of reserve and benign passivity.
- Both plays portray female characters unwilling to accept the female role of passivity.
- The theme throughout the book is presented through the allegory of corrupt pigs and the passivity of the other barnyard animals.
- He was enraged by the academy's passivity during the affair.
- Their deaths are spectacles of passivity in the face of an avenging passion that is beyond their emotional range.
2Chemistry The state of inactivity of a metal made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide. nickel increases the overall passivity of the iron Example sentencesExamples - Electronic barriers in the iron oxide film govern its passivity and redox behavior.
- The present work is concerned with the effect of oxide chemistry on the passivity of aluminium surfaces.
- The most common methods for validating the passivity of a part involves some combination of high humidity and heat, to induce rusting.
- In some cases, the film is extremely thin and may be invisible to the unaided eye, but it is still very effective in giving these metals a marked passivity.
- Metals that normally fall victim to corrosion will sometimes exhibit a passivity to corrosion.
- Chromium imparts passivity of ferrous alloys when present in amounts of more than about 11 per cent, particularly if conditions are strongly oxidizing.
- We find that the electronic energy barrier in the oxide and its dependence with electrode potential and solution pH, determine the reactivity and passivity of iron.
- Passivity is caused by the buildup of a stable, tenacious layer of metal oxide on the surface of the metal.
- The alternation of the oxide layer results in the loss of passivity.
- The addition of molybdenum extends the range of passivity in solutions of low oxidizing characteristics.
Definition of passivity in US English: passivitynoun 1Acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance. the perceived passivity of the populace is deceptive the passivity of television watching Example sentencesExamples - The theme throughout the book is presented through the allegory of corrupt pigs and the passivity of the other barnyard animals.
- He was enraged by the academy's passivity during the affair.
- The characters talk about psychoanalysis, dream study, mind-altering drugs, and sexual affairs with an almost textbook distance and passivity.
- Unlike the culture it describes, the film encourages action over passivity.
- These lines play with the notion of human passivity.
- Both plays portray female characters unwilling to accept the female role of passivity.
- Their deaths are spectacles of passivity in the face of an avenging passion that is beyond their emotional range.
- His portrayal of Godfrey is a wonderment of reserve and benign passivity.
- It hardly needs to be said that children prefer action to passivity.
- Brought up to believe that women cannot control their own bodies, she continually alternates her silent passivity with unexpected moments of violence.
2Chemistry The state of inactivity of a metal made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide. nickel increases the overall passivity of the iron Example sentencesExamples - Metals that normally fall victim to corrosion will sometimes exhibit a passivity to corrosion.
- The alternation of the oxide layer results in the loss of passivity.
- The most common methods for validating the passivity of a part involves some combination of high humidity and heat, to induce rusting.
- In some cases, the film is extremely thin and may be invisible to the unaided eye, but it is still very effective in giving these metals a marked passivity.
- We find that the electronic energy barrier in the oxide and its dependence with electrode potential and solution pH, determine the reactivity and passivity of iron.
- Electronic barriers in the iron oxide film govern its passivity and redox behavior.
- Passivity is caused by the buildup of a stable, tenacious layer of metal oxide on the surface of the metal.
- The addition of molybdenum extends the range of passivity in solutions of low oxidizing characteristics.
- The present work is concerned with the effect of oxide chemistry on the passivity of aluminium surfaces.
- Chromium imparts passivity of ferrous alloys when present in amounts of more than about 11 per cent, particularly if conditions are strongly oxidizing.
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