Sentence examples for primarily a passive from inspiring English sources

TV, research shows, is still primarily a passive medium, That is, you're sitting on your couch just watching.

Telecare is primarily a passive system to monitor behaviour (via sensors around the home), facilitate independent living (via aids for memory, safety and sensory impairment) and raise alarms either automatically (via sensors) or manually (via a personal alarm or pull cord) in the event of an emergency.

Previously atherosclerosis was viewed primarily as a passive process of cholesterol accumulation in the vessel wall, and the clinical manifestations were attributed primarily to the degree of stenosis.

I don't want to go cold turkey on being a nice guy, so I spend the first day of my experiment primarily on being a passive arsehole.

In this scenario, the reservoir would play a primarily passive role and serve as a storage compartment for watery saliva.

The study also indicated that adolescents had a primarily passive role in vaccine decision-making, with their concerns limited only to immediate vaccine side effects.

Bowen et al. [ 3] have suggested a 'continuum of community engagement' in which engagement of the community has three potential stages in which the community adopts: a passive role primarily receiving information; a more active but still predominantly recipient role; and shared decision making role with more or less equal positioning.

This is primarily because using Mint can be a passive experience — you enter your account data once, and it does the rest for you.

This model implies a passive mechanism driven primarily by thermodynamic properties of the processed duplex.

Veterinary diagnostic laboratories identify and characterize influenza A viruses primarily through passive surveillance.

The use of a passive (unmonitored) audible alarm is primarily intended to disarm and disorientate an offender giving the victim time to get away.