NEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neon mean? 

• NEON (noun)
  The noun NEON has 1 sense:

1. a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

  Familiarity information: NEON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 10; Ne; neon

Hypernyms ("neon" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

argonon; inert gas; noble gas (any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table)

Holonyms ("neon" is a substance of...):

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)

 Context examples 

It was only when the ring of gas — which includes both neon and oxygen — was observed with MUSE that the science team noticed it perfectly circled p1.

(Dead Star Circled by Light, ESO)

Streetlights, store front neon signs, and other light sources can suppress the sleep hormone melatonin and the natural 24-hour light-dark cycle of circadian rhythms.

(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)

The astronomers measured how the light emitted by oxygen and neon gas orbiting each of the quasars' black holes is warped by the gravity of a massive foreground galaxy, which acts as a magnifying lens.

(Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Find Dark Matter in Small Clumps, NASA)