neon
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈniːɒn/
- Specialized
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neón
- Oh, I hear you got a new neon sign, huh?
- a neon sign
- a neon light
- a neon tube
That was a red neon sign being shoved in my face?
- That was a red neon sign being shoved in my face?
- Let's just create and turn on neon lights and that's how they get you.
Examples
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I said, "Buy a neon sign"... ...and you said, "I'll paint us a good one."
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A rundown gas station with a buzzing neon sign and no one around.
Fiction book (1991) -
Look folks, what happens with the neon sign engineers out there?
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The discussion surrounding the neon sign in the window introduces us to this chain of events.
Academic text (2017) -
Why not a neon sign with "burglar" on it?
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Except for the flickering neon sign, the parking lot next to the Pirates' Cove was dark.
Fiction book (1992) -
"We also make the threaded glass insulators that are used in neon signs," O'Donnell said.
Academic text (1995) -
While the glitzy casino neon lights brighten up evening skies, residents of Macau continue their daily lives.
Academic text (2007) -
I held tight past that day, that neon-splashed room, the procession of both fledgling and comfortably rooted writers.
Academic text (2012) -
The neon sign outside the diner brightly illuminated the street at night.
Synonyms
1
3.8
A gas that does not react with other chemicals, like helium or neon
A colorless gas used in bright red signs and lights
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.5
A glass container filled with neon gas that glows when electricity passes through it
- Specialized
A neon tube light that uses very fast electric currents around the tube instead of wires
- Specialized
A small electric light that glows when electricity passes through neon gas
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word neon comes from the Greek root neos, which means 'new', because it was a newly discovered gas when scientists found it. That's why neon now names the colourless, inert gas that gives the bright red glow in electric signs.