Neutral Spine: A balanced spine that maintains its natural curves. Pilates encourages you to identify and achieve your neutral spine. A misaligned spine causes compensating muscles to work too hard, which can result in undue stress, fatigue, pain, and potential injury.

 

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Neutral Spine: A balanced spine that maintains its natural curves. Pilates encourages you to identify and achieve your neutral spine. A misaligned spine causes compensating muscles to work too hard, which . . . View Full Definition

Neutral Zone Trap: The neutral zone trap is a defensive ice hockey strategy used by a team to prevent an opposing team from proceeding through the neutral zone (the area between both blue lines) by forcing tur . . . View Full Definition

Neutral Zone: The area on the ice between the blue lines.

Neutral Wire: Usually color-coded white, this carries electricity from an outlet back to the service panel. Also see hot wire and ground.

Neutralization Reaction: A chemical change in which one compound aquires H+ from another. The compound that receives the hydrogen ion is the base; the compound that surrenders it is an acid.

Neutral Period: In the Euromarket, a period over which Eurodollars are sold is said to be neutral if it does not start or end on either a Friday or the day before a holiday.

Neutralizer: Is a chemical designed to counteract and make inactive another chemical solution.

Spine Frame: A motorcycle frame with a single main structural member from which the engine is suspended. Also known as a backbone frame.

Spine Corrector: See Barrels.

Spine: A thick, stiff hair or bristle.