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Definition of Passive source
1. Noun. An informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has.
Literary usage of Passive source
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Directory of Northridge Earthquake Research edited by Brian Cowan, Michael Mahoney, Stephen A. Mahin (2000)
"Funded by the NSF and the USGS, the Los Angeles Regional Seismic Experiment, or
LARSE, is a series of active-source and passive source experiments designed ..."
2. Controlled Foreign Company Legislation by A01, OECD Staff, Oecd, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, Development (1996)
"The source of the income in such circumstances is arguably the active business
of the recipient, and not a passive source (such as a bank deposit, ..."
3. Social Sciences and Innovation by Oecd (2001)
"Before World War II, Schumpeter (l969) recognised the importance of the financier,
but concluded that they were a passive source of capital having no other ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1843)
"... of the establishment, the surplus will be set apart for dividends, in the
general proportion of one-third to capital (the passive source of production,) ..."
5. Peter's Name: Or, A Divine Credential in a Name by Telesphor Smyth-Vaudry (1909)
"He thereby declared him the material or passive source, at least, of said
authority—since the head is naturally the source whence the body derives light, ..."
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