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Look up passive, passively, or passivity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Passive may refer to: Passive voice, a grammatical voice common in many languages

Passive house (German: Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building that reduces the building's carbon footprint. Conforming

Passive-aggressive behavior is a communication that in the mind of the speaker is based on a strong, negative emotion such as anger but is expressed using

Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called passive smoke, secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by individuals other

A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages. In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subject

Passive obedience is a religious and political doctrine, which states that people have a moral duty to obey the law, in particular accepting punishment

Passive transport is a type of membrane transport that does not require energy to move substances across cell membranes. Instead of using cellular energy

A passive speaker (also referred to as a receptive bilingual or passive bilingual) is a category of speaker who has had enough exposure to a language

Passivation may refer to: Passivation (chemistry) Passivation (spacecraft) Feedback passivation, a concept in nonlinear control This disambiguation page

A passive investor is one who does not participate in the day-to-day decisions of running a company. In partnerships, such investors may be deemed limited