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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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