Hydroponic system that moves the nutrient solution through absorption or capillary action.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
passive (adjective)1.
a) (1) acted upon by an external agency
(2) to outside impressions or influences - receptive
b) (1) asserting that the grammatical subject of a verb is subjected to or affected by the action represented by that verb - the passive voice
(2) containing or yielding a passive verb form
c) (1) lacking in energy or will - lethargic
(2) tending not to take an or dominant part - active
d) induced by an outside agency - passive exercise of a paralyzed leg
2.
a) not active or operating - inert
b) of, relating to, or making direct use of the sun's heat usually without the intervention of mechanical devices - a passive solar house
c) - latent
d) (1) of, relating to, or characterized by a state of chemical inactivity , especially to corrosion - resistant
(2) not involving expenditure of chemical energy - passive transport across a cell membrane
e) of an electronic element exhibiting no gain or control
f) relating to the detection of an object through its emission of energy or sound - passive sonar
3.
a) receiving or enduring without resistance - submissive
b) existing or occurring without being active, open, or direct - passive support
4.
of, relating to, or being business activity in which the investor does not actively participate in the generation of income inactive
1.
a verb form whose grammatical subject is subjected to or affected by the action represented by that verb a passive verb form
2.
the passive voice of a language
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
passive (adjective)receiving or enduring without offering resistance
SYNONYMS:
acquiescent, nonresistant, resigned, tolerant, tolerating, unresistant, yieldingRELATED WORDS:
forbearing, impassive, long-suffering, patient, stoic ( stoical), uncomplaining; agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformable, conformist, docile, guidable, law-abiding, obedient, pliable, pliant, subordinate, tractable, willing; obeisant, submissive, surrendering; amiable, obliging; slavish, subservient; disciplined, governable, manageable; apathetic, uncaring, unresponsiveNEAR ANTONYMS:
defiant; contrary, contumacious, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward; balky, perverse, wayward, wrongheaded; headstrong, willful ( wilful); indomitable; undisciplined, unmanageable; dissident, nonconformistPassive (Wikipedia)
Passive may refer to:
- Passive voice, a grammatical voice common in many languages, see also Pseudopassive
- Passive language, a language from which an interpreter works
- Passivity (behavior), the condition of submitting to the influence of one's superior
- Passive-aggressive behavior, resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations
- Passive income, income resulting from cash flow received on a regular basis
- Passive immunity, the transfer of active humoral immunity
- Passive experience, observation lacking reciprocal interaction; and wrought with delusion of control.
Passive (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English passyf, passyve, from Middle French, French passif, from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action; in late Latin literally capable of suffering or feeling”), from passus, past participle of pati (“to suffer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”); compare patient.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: păsʹ-ĭv, IPA(key): /ˈpæs.ɪv/
inactive, dormant, non-reactive, subdued, laid-back