(chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to another material prior to using the materials together.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of passivate

simple past tense and past participle of passivate

The state or condition of being passive; passivity.

present participle of passivate

The quality or principle of being passive.

(linguistics) A term, in some languages, that is used to convert a verb into the passive

plural of passivism

plural of passive voice

(grammar) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled"). Also known as pseudopassive.