1Acceptance 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:
passivity
noun
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.