passive

passive
1. n грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма

passive leg — пассивная ветвь

passive swing — пассивный мах

passive rest — пассивный отдых

passive dipole — пассивный диполь

passive jamming — пассивные помехи

2. n редк. покорное существо
3. a пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный

passive air defence — пассивная противовоздушная оборона

passive flight — полёт с выключенным двигателем, планирующий полёт

to remain passive — быть бездеятельным

passive resistance — пассивное сопротивление

passive adaptation — пассивное приспособление

passive radiolocation — пассивная радиолокация

passive stabilization — пассивная стабилизация

passive vocabulary — пассивный словарный запас

4. a послушный, покорный; податливый, не оказывающий сопротивления

passive obedience — слепое повиновение

5. a грам. страдательный

passive voice — пассивная форма; страдательный залог

6. a фин. беспроцентный

passive balance — пассивное сальдо

passive debt — беспроцентный долг

passive bond — беспроцентная облигация

passive bonds — беспроцентные облигации

passive investment — доход от беспроцентных инвестиций

7. a хим. инертный, неактивный

passive zone — неактивная зона

Синонимический ряд:
1. dormant (adj.) dormant; latent; unexpressed
2. inactive (adj.) asleep; calm; idle; inactive; inert; lifeless; motionless; placid; prone; quiescent; quiet; sleepy
3. patient (adj.) acquiescent; compliant; nonresistant; non-resistant; nonresisting; patient; receiving; resigned; submissive; submitting; suffering; unresistant; unresisting; yielding
4. receptive (adj.) affected; influenced; receptive; stirred
Антонимический ряд:
active; aggressive; alert; alive; dynamic; energetic; hostile; impassive; impatient; live; malcontent; operative; positive; resistant; resisting

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • passive — As used in law, this term means inactive; permissive; consisting in endurance or submission, rather than action; and in some connections it carries the implication of being subjected to a burden or charge. As to passive debt passive negligence… …   Black's law dictionary

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