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101Passive radiator — A passive radiator or parasitic element is a radio antenna element which does not have any wired input. Instead, it absorbs radio waves radiated from another active antenna element in proximity, and re radiates it in phase with the active element …
102Passive Activity Loss Rules — A set of rules that prohibits using passive losses to offset earned or ordinary income. Passive activity loss rules prevent investors from using losses incurred from income producing activities in which they are not materially involved. Being… …
103passive — Income or loss from business activities in which a person does not materially participate, such as a limited partnership. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * passive pas‧sive [ˈpæsɪv] adjective [only before a noun] 1. FINANCE passive investment… …
104passive power — Power Pow er, n. [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See {Possible}, {Potent}, and cf. {Posse comitatus}.] 1. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent;… …
105active — 1. adjective /ˈæktɪv/ a) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; mdash; opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind. active laws b) Quick in… …
106passive — 01. He had a [passive] expression on his face, but I knew that he was extremely excited. 02. He is a very [passive] worker who doesn t really offer any new ideas. 03. The officer looked on [passively] as the soldiers raped the women of the… …
107passive — pas•sive [[t]ˈpæs ɪv[/t]] adj. 1) not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling 2) not participating readily or actively; inactive: a passive member of a committee[/ex] 3) inert or… …
108active — Synonyms and related words: acting, active voice, activist, activistic, acute, aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, at work, bouncing, bouncy, breezy, brisk, bubbly, bustling, busy, catty, chipper, compliant, conforming,… …
109passive — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, amenable, apathetic, asleep, assenting, bearing, benumbed, blah, blank …
110passive — adjective 1) a passive role Syn: inactive, non active, non participative, uninvolved 2) passive victims Syn: submissive, acquiescent, unresisting, compliant, docile • Ant …
