neon
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- noun
- /ˈniːɒn/
- Specialized
- Oh, I hear you got a new neon sign, huh?
- a neon sign
- a neon light
- a neon tube
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- 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
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A gas that does not react with other chemicals, like helium or neon
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A colorless gas used in bright red signs and lights
Compounds
- Specialized
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A glass container filled with neon gas that glows when electricity passes through it
- Specialized
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A small electric light that glows when electricity passes through neon gas
- Specialized
A neon tube light that uses very fast electric currents around the tube instead of wires
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.