Definition of neon in English:

neon

noun ˈniːɒnˈniɑn

mass noun

1The chemical element of atomic number 10, an inert gaseous element of the noble gas group. It is obtained by the distillation of liquid air and is used in fluorescent lamps and illuminated advertising signs.
Example sentencesExamples
- The sodium ion has the same electron configuration as neon, the noble gas immediately before it on the Periodic Table.
- Oxygen lacks two electrons compared with neon, the nearest noble gas.
- Over the next few years many types of laser were built, some using a mixture of helium and neon, others carbon dioxide or organic dyes.
- Gas lasers use gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, neon, and nitrogen.
- They attributed those lines to the presence of three new elements, which they named neon, krypton, and xenon.
- It combines easily and even explosively with every other element except helium, neon, and argon.
- The noble gases helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon display fairly simple chemistry in material of solar composition.
- The lowest temperatures will convert hydrogen into helium, then the next highest temperatures will convert helium into carbon, oxygen and neon largely.
- Some of the electrons of the neon atoms in the tube absorb energy in this process and then emit it in the form of an intense red light that is characteristic of the element neon.
- It is the sixth most abundant gas in the atmosphere after nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and neon.
- A comparison of the ionization potentials of neon and argon will illustrate these principles.
- Xenon lamps-as well as all noble gas lamps such as neon and argon - rely on the same science as some other lights in the night, i.e., the aurora.
- It has lent its guarded endorsement to KAN - an acronym of krypton, argon and neon.
- When they do, they produce neon - 21, a stable isotope of that noble gas.
- In the same year, Ramsay and Travers discovered two other noble gases, xenon and neon.
- Stuff coming in at below 0.01 percent include neon, helium, methane, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and ozone.
- A plasma monitor often consists of two panels, which are filled with an inert gas, such as xenon or neon.
- The model relies on an assumed mix of carbon, neon, nitrogen, and oxygen within the zone to predict one depth, whereas the data suggest another depth.
- Two copies of the column with the noble gases, such as helium and neon, bracket the table like bookends.
1. 1.1 Fluorescent lighting or signs using neon or another gas.
  the lobby of the hotel was bright with neon
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unfortunately, the bright neon sign did not emit infrared light.
  It was six blocks of lights and flashing neon signs.
  Now I am not taken in by the mirage: I know that these are merely street lamps along the avenues, neon signs, and headlights.
  As fantastical neon signs and lanterns extended the hours of daylight, I was seized by a desperate need to recapture my lost youth.
  Inside, dim lighting vies with a neon sign flashing the names of the dancers - who are, incidentally, covered up in bikinis and stockings due to the state's no nudity law.
  There is more to it than the rubber that is burnt, the minutes that tick away and the series of street lamps and bright neon signs that flash by.
  Lots of lights, neon signs and flood-lit fountains are the norm for this type of photograph.
  Just like a fluorescent light, neon signs are glass tubes filled with gas.
  Maybe we could tell readers that cricket is a game played in trench coats, in dingy offices lit by neon signs blinking through venetian slats.
  I felt a strong repulsion for him, but kept following as I appreciated those tall buildings illuminated by neon lamps and the electronic advertisements.
  The action plays out in the light of headlamps, neon bar signs and moonlight through slatted blinds.
  With the oncoming of darkness, Tokyo city became alive with bright neon signs.
  Call it the difference between discreet concealed lighting and a flashing red neon sign.
  We wandered the narrow neon lit streets of Shinjuku, turning down offers of girls from burly bouncers, and sampling some of the numerous small bars to be found in this district.
  Taiwanese food shops and single-storey buildings with Taiwanese-style neon signs line the streets.
  The joint fairly jumped under the glow of fluorescent lights and neon beer signs when I stepped through the door last night.
  It often amazes me that people think if you walk down a street you would be able to tell who is a witch, but I do not agree, we do not go around with bright neon signs above our heads.
  He invented neon and fluorescent lighting, and the humble little AC electric motor that you find throughout all modern industrialised societies.
  As soon as that, the four went off causing havoc around the city, stealing electricity from neon signs, streetlights, power boxes, and more.
  On your left is the approaching bulk of a station - sitting there majestically, neon signs spinning and lights streaming forth.
2. 1.2count noun A small lamp containing neon.
  neons indicate the state of the mains wiring
  Example sentencesExamples
  So there go my aspirations of editing my inbox to have Sciby confess his want for some neons to put on the underside of his car.
  And neons are something easy, but maybe a bit too flashy… hehe…
  The plastic on the skin of the case is quite transparent under light, and would look quite good if lit up with a neon.
  New Year's Eve 2004: I skittered down to Elk Grove, Calif., on Highway 99 with rain boiling my windshield; obscuring my view save for suburban neons, crimson taillights, and scant highlights of freeway signs only legible from 10 feet away.
  A guy who installs underbody neons and drives around with his 15’ subwoofer pounding 24/7 is probably overly self-assured and cocky, not to mention compensating for his inadequate manhood.
  Perhaps there are already heaps of cars out there with neons too?
  A lot of drivers are unsettled by the confusing combination of in-car lights and the dazzling night-time neons on the outside.
  The brightly-colored corollas accompanying the pair won't stand daylight: dingy and perishable as moth-wings burned to ashtray dust, at dawn when the neons, laundry-bright the previous dusk, are dull and soiled.
  Whether you're a spy, a misanthrope, just having a bad hair day, or you're one of those worker bees who plod along day after day shackled to a monitor under neons that flicker 60 times a second, Zen Ya provides a little temporary refuge.
  I can just picture that driving around with a few neons under it, can't you?
  Her lab and living quarters were fully decorated with patterns, cuts, objects of art, along with several lights and neons of yellow and red colors; her two favorites.
  The air was sweet as a cool bath, the stars were peeping noisily beyond the their neons, and the citizens of the Queendom, in their jeans and separates, were floating down the Shaftesbury avenue canals, like gondolas.
  Never fix your neons, just constantly jiggle the wires until they go on.
  Soft lighting provides ‘a nice break from the intrusive neons of Shanghai’, opines one recent patron.
3. 1.3as modifier Very bright or fluorescent in colour.
  she had recently dyed her hair neon pink
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many choose boldface letters, or add drop-shadows or slanting or underlines or neon outlines or animation.
  I casually thumbed through - guys with bright neon trunks, guys with washboard stomachs, guys with fetishes and guys with other guys adorned the glossy pages.
  The frame is eye-blindingly bright in trashy neon yellow and the soft thermal lens is tinted orange for your viewing pleasure.
  Catherine reached out with a trembling hand and touched the neon police tape.
  Rual turned on the faucet and grabbed the neon green sponge.
  Also at Savers, I bought a neon red trucker cap, on which I used a black texta to write ‘Does my brain look big in this?’
  You might have noticed that there appears to be a bit of variation in the opacity and colour of the neon green perspex used throughout the case.
  Encino Man missed the '80s by a couple of years, but is firmly stuck in the neon clothes and ‘Party on!’
  Now I have on a bright neon lime green T-shirt and I'm not a small girl, so you can't miss me.
  I keep on hitting the neon ball back, whipping my racquet at it.
  From glamorous beach goddess to surf chic and neon brights there are sure to be styles and colours to suit everyone.
  Unlike most other designs this season's London Fashion Week has seen so far, his outfits are splashed with strong colours from bright yellow across neon shades to strong reds and purples.
  After coating the face of your driver with the neon green paint, you'll get a clear idea of where you're hitting the ball.
  The terrain is steep but so rewarding, so vastly unpopulated and un-skied, and so void of the neon jumpsuits and fur-lined boots crowd.
  You have a blank, bright neon face, a white room, clean but still blank.
  Please refrain from wearing brighter colours like pink, bright green, and neon yellow.
  They traced a path to a repository on the far side of the room, a row of bright, neon green cubes.
  As she was about to turn down her hallway, a bright neon paper caught her eye.
  The colour is a very close match to the colour of my neon green perspex!
  They would get up to about a foot long and were almost neon green in colour.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek, literally 'something new', neuter of the adjective neos.

This gas, used in fluorescent lamps and illuminated advertising signs, was named in 1898 by its discoverers, the scientists Sir William Ramsay and M. W. Travers. Neon is simply the Greek word for ‘new thing’. The same Greek word is the source of the many English words that start with neo- and refer to a new or revived form of something, such as neoclassical (late 19th century), neocolonialism (mid 20th century), and neo-Nazi, a word that appeared in 1944 before the Nazis had even been ousted from power.

Rhymes

Leon, Lyons, prion

Definition of neon in US English:

neon

nounˈniɑnˈnēän

1The chemical element of atomic number 10, an inert gaseous element of the noble gas group. It is obtained by the distillation of liquid air and is used in fluorescent lamps and advertising signs.
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the next few years many types of laser were built, some using a mixture of helium and neon, others carbon dioxide or organic dyes.
- The noble gases helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon display fairly simple chemistry in material of solar composition.
- The model relies on an assumed mix of carbon, neon, nitrogen, and oxygen within the zone to predict one depth, whereas the data suggest another depth.
- When they do, they produce neon - 21, a stable isotope of that noble gas.
- The lowest temperatures will convert hydrogen into helium, then the next highest temperatures will convert helium into carbon, oxygen and neon largely.
- A plasma monitor often consists of two panels, which are filled with an inert gas, such as xenon or neon.
- Gas lasers use gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, neon, and nitrogen.
- They attributed those lines to the presence of three new elements, which they named neon, krypton, and xenon.
- The sodium ion has the same electron configuration as neon, the noble gas immediately before it on the Periodic Table.
- In the same year, Ramsay and Travers discovered two other noble gases, xenon and neon.
- It is the sixth most abundant gas in the atmosphere after nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and neon.
- Some of the electrons of the neon atoms in the tube absorb energy in this process and then emit it in the form of an intense red light that is characteristic of the element neon.
- It combines easily and even explosively with every other element except helium, neon, and argon.
- Stuff coming in at below 0.01 percent include neon, helium, methane, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and ozone.
- Oxygen lacks two electrons compared with neon, the nearest noble gas.
- It has lent its guarded endorsement to KAN - an acronym of krypton, argon and neon.
- Two copies of the column with the noble gases, such as helium and neon, bracket the table like bookends.
- Xenon lamps-as well as all noble gas lamps such as neon and argon - rely on the same science as some other lights in the night, i.e., the aurora.
- A comparison of the ionization potentials of neon and argon will illustrate these principles.
1. 1.1 Fluorescent lighting or signs (whether containing neon or some other gas)
  the lobby of the hotel was bright with neon
  Example sentencesExamples
  Call it the difference between discreet concealed lighting and a flashing red neon sign.
  I felt a strong repulsion for him, but kept following as I appreciated those tall buildings illuminated by neon lamps and the electronic advertisements.
  On your left is the approaching bulk of a station - sitting there majestically, neon signs spinning and lights streaming forth.
  As fantastical neon signs and lanterns extended the hours of daylight, I was seized by a desperate need to recapture my lost youth.
  Maybe we could tell readers that cricket is a game played in trench coats, in dingy offices lit by neon signs blinking through venetian slats.
  It was six blocks of lights and flashing neon signs.
  Just like a fluorescent light, neon signs are glass tubes filled with gas.
  There is more to it than the rubber that is burnt, the minutes that tick away and the series of street lamps and bright neon signs that flash by.
  The joint fairly jumped under the glow of fluorescent lights and neon beer signs when I stepped through the door last night.
  With the oncoming of darkness, Tokyo city became alive with bright neon signs.
  The action plays out in the light of headlamps, neon bar signs and moonlight through slatted blinds.
  As soon as that, the four went off causing havoc around the city, stealing electricity from neon signs, streetlights, power boxes, and more.
  Lots of lights, neon signs and flood-lit fountains are the norm for this type of photograph.
  Taiwanese food shops and single-storey buildings with Taiwanese-style neon signs line the streets.
  Inside, dim lighting vies with a neon sign flashing the names of the dancers - who are, incidentally, covered up in bikinis and stockings due to the state's no nudity law.
  We wandered the narrow neon lit streets of Shinjuku, turning down offers of girls from burly bouncers, and sampling some of the numerous small bars to be found in this district.
  Unfortunately, the bright neon sign did not emit infrared light.
  He invented neon and fluorescent lighting, and the humble little AC electric motor that you find throughout all modern industrialised societies.
  It often amazes me that people think if you walk down a street you would be able to tell who is a witch, but I do not agree, we do not go around with bright neon signs above our heads.
  Now I am not taken in by the mirage: I know that these are merely street lamps along the avenues, neon signs, and headlights.
2. 1.2 A small lamp containing neon.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Whether you're a spy, a misanthrope, just having a bad hair day, or you're one of those worker bees who plod along day after day shackled to a monitor under neons that flicker 60 times a second, Zen Ya provides a little temporary refuge.
  New Year's Eve 2004: I skittered down to Elk Grove, Calif., on Highway 99 with rain boiling my windshield; obscuring my view save for suburban neons, crimson taillights, and scant highlights of freeway signs only legible from 10 feet away.
  Perhaps there are already heaps of cars out there with neons too?
  The brightly-colored corollas accompanying the pair won't stand daylight: dingy and perishable as moth-wings burned to ashtray dust, at dawn when the neons, laundry-bright the previous dusk, are dull and soiled.
  And neons are something easy, but maybe a bit too flashy… hehe…
  So there go my aspirations of editing my inbox to have Sciby confess his want for some neons to put on the underside of his car.
  A lot of drivers are unsettled by the confusing combination of in-car lights and the dazzling night-time neons on the outside.
  The air was sweet as a cool bath, the stars were peeping noisily beyond the their neons, and the citizens of the Queendom, in their jeans and separates, were floating down the Shaftesbury avenue canals, like gondolas.
  Never fix your neons, just constantly jiggle the wires until they go on.
  Her lab and living quarters were fully decorated with patterns, cuts, objects of art, along with several lights and neons of yellow and red colors; her two favorites.
  Soft lighting provides ‘a nice break from the intrusive neons of Shanghai’, opines one recent patron.
  The plastic on the skin of the case is quite transparent under light, and would look quite good if lit up with a neon.
  A guy who installs underbody neons and drives around with his 15’ subwoofer pounding 24/7 is probably overly self-assured and cocky, not to mention compensating for his inadequate manhood.
  I can just picture that driving around with a few neons under it, can't you?
3. 1.3 Very bright or fluorescent in color.
  a denim cap outlined in neon
  as modifier we bought ourselves neon bandannas
  Example sentencesExamples
  They traced a path to a repository on the far side of the room, a row of bright, neon green cubes.
  Catherine reached out with a trembling hand and touched the neon police tape.
  I keep on hitting the neon ball back, whipping my racquet at it.
  Rual turned on the faucet and grabbed the neon green sponge.
  Also at Savers, I bought a neon red trucker cap, on which I used a black texta to write ‘Does my brain look big in this?’
  I casually thumbed through - guys with bright neon trunks, guys with washboard stomachs, guys with fetishes and guys with other guys adorned the glossy pages.
  From glamorous beach goddess to surf chic and neon brights there are sure to be styles and colours to suit everyone.
  The terrain is steep but so rewarding, so vastly unpopulated and un-skied, and so void of the neon jumpsuits and fur-lined boots crowd.
  After coating the face of your driver with the neon green paint, you'll get a clear idea of where you're hitting the ball.
  They would get up to about a foot long and were almost neon green in colour.
  Unlike most other designs this season's London Fashion Week has seen so far, his outfits are splashed with strong colours from bright yellow across neon shades to strong reds and purples.
  Now I have on a bright neon lime green T-shirt and I'm not a small girl, so you can't miss me.
  You have a blank, bright neon face, a white room, clean but still blank.
  Many choose boldface letters, or add drop-shadows or slanting or underlines or neon outlines or animation.
  The frame is eye-blindingly bright in trashy neon yellow and the soft thermal lens is tinted orange for your viewing pleasure.
  Encino Man missed the '80s by a couple of years, but is firmly stuck in the neon clothes and ‘Party on!’
  You might have noticed that there appears to be a bit of variation in the opacity and colour of the neon green perspex used throughout the case.
  The colour is a very close match to the colour of my neon green perspex!
  Please refrain from wearing brighter colours like pink, bright green, and neon yellow.
  As she was about to turn down her hallway, a bright neon paper caught her eye.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek, literally ‘something new’, neuter of the adjective neos.

单词	neon
释义	Definition of neon in English: neon noun ˈniːɒnˈniɑn mass noun 1The chemical element of atomic number 10, an inert gaseous element of the noble gas group. It is obtained by the distillation of liquid air and is used in fluorescent lamps and illuminated advertising signs. Example sentencesExamples The sodium ion has the same electron configuration as neon, the noble gas immediately before it on the Periodic Table. Oxygen lacks two electrons compared with neon, the nearest noble gas. Over the next few years many types of laser were built, some using a mixture of helium and neon, others carbon dioxide or organic dyes. Gas lasers use gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, neon, and nitrogen. They attributed those lines to the presence of three new elements, which they named neon, krypton, and xenon. It combines easily and even explosively with every other element except helium, neon, and argon. The noble gases helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon display fairly simple chemistry in material of solar composition. The lowest temperatures will convert hydrogen into helium, then the next highest temperatures will convert helium into carbon, oxygen and neon largely. Some of the electrons of the neon atoms in the tube absorb energy in this process and then emit it in the form of an intense red light that is characteristic of the element neon. It is the sixth most abundant gas in the atmosphere after nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and neon. A comparison of the ionization potentials of neon and argon will illustrate these principles. Xenon lamps-as well as all noble gas lamps such as neon and argon - rely on the same science as some other lights in the night, i.e., the aurora. It has lent its guarded endorsement to KAN - an acronym of krypton, argon and neon. When they do, they produce neon - 21, a stable isotope of that noble gas. In the same year, Ramsay and Travers discovered two other noble gases, xenon and neon. Stuff coming in at below 0.01 percent include neon, helium, methane, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and ozone. A plasma monitor often consists of two panels, which are filled with an inert gas, such as xenon or neon. The model relies on an assumed mix of carbon, neon, nitrogen, and oxygen within the zone to predict one depth, whereas the data suggest another depth. Two copies of the column with the noble gases, such as helium and neon, bracket the table like bookends. 1.1 Fluorescent lighting or signs using neon or another gas. the lobby of the hotel was bright with neon Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, the bright neon sign did not emit infrared light. It was six blocks of lights and flashing neon signs. Now I am not taken in by the mirage: I know that these are merely street lamps along the avenues, neon signs, and headlights. As fantastical neon signs and lanterns extended the hours of daylight, I was seized by a desperate need to recapture my lost youth. Inside, dim lighting vies with a neon sign flashing the names of the dancers - who are, incidentally, covered up in bikinis and stockings due to the state's no nudity law. There is more to it than the rubber that is burnt, the minutes that tick away and the series of street lamps and bright neon signs that flash by. Lots of lights, neon signs and flood-lit fountains are the norm for this type of photograph. Just like a fluorescent light, neon signs are glass tubes filled with gas. Maybe we could tell readers that cricket is a game played in trench coats, in dingy offices lit by neon signs blinking through venetian slats. I felt a strong repulsion for him, but kept following as I appreciated those tall buildings illuminated by neon lamps and the electronic advertisements. The action plays out in the light of headlamps, neon bar signs and moonlight through slatted blinds. With the oncoming of darkness, Tokyo city became alive with bright neon signs. Call it the difference between discreet concealed lighting and a flashing red neon sign. We wandered the narrow neon lit streets of Shinjuku, turning down offers of girls from burly bouncers, and sampling some of the numerous small bars to be found in this district. Taiwanese food shops and single-storey buildings with Taiwanese-style neon signs line the streets. The joint fairly jumped under the glow of fluorescent lights and neon beer signs when I stepped through the door last night. It often amazes me that people think if you walk down a street you would be able to tell who is a witch, but I do not agree, we do not go around with bright neon signs above our heads. He invented neon and fluorescent lighting, and the humble little AC electric motor that you find throughout all modern industrialised societies. As soon as that, the four went off causing havoc around the city, stealing electricity from neon signs, streetlights, power boxes, and more. On your left is the approaching bulk of a station - sitting there majestically, neon signs spinning and lights streaming forth. 1.2count noun A small lamp containing neon. neons indicate the state of the mains wiring Example sentencesExamples So there go my aspirations of editing my inbox to have Sciby confess his want for some neons to put on the underside of his car. And neons are something easy, but maybe a bit too flashy… hehe… The plastic on the skin of the case is quite transparent under light, and would look quite good if lit up with a neon. New Year's Eve 2004: I skittered down to Elk Grove, Calif., on Highway 99 with rain boiling my windshield; obscuring my view save for suburban neons, crimson taillights, and scant highlights of freeway signs only legible from 10 feet away. A guy who installs underbody neons and drives around with his 15’ subwoofer pounding 24/7 is probably overly self-assured and cocky, not to mention compensating for his inadequate manhood. Perhaps there are already heaps of cars out there with neons too? A lot of drivers are unsettled by the confusing combination of in-car lights and the dazzling night-time neons on the outside. The brightly-colored corollas accompanying the pair won't stand daylight: dingy and perishable as moth-wings burned to ashtray dust, at dawn when the neons, laundry-bright the previous dusk, are dull and soiled. Whether you're a spy, a misanthrope, just having a bad hair day, or you're one of those worker bees who plod along day after day shackled to a monitor under neons that flicker 60 times a second, Zen Ya provides a little temporary refuge. I can just picture that driving around with a few neons under it, can't you? Her lab and living quarters were fully decorated with patterns, cuts, objects of art, along with several lights and neons of yellow and red colors; her two favorites. The air was sweet as a cool bath, the stars were peeping noisily beyond the their neons, and the citizens of the Queendom, in their jeans and separates, were floating down the Shaftesbury avenue canals, like gondolas. Never fix your neons, just constantly jiggle the wires until they go on. Soft lighting provides ‘a nice break from the intrusive neons of Shanghai’, opines one recent patron. 1.3as modifier Very bright or fluorescent in colour. she had recently dyed her hair neon pink Example sentencesExamples Many choose boldface letters, or add drop-shadows or slanting or underlines or neon outlines or animation. I casually thumbed through - guys with bright neon trunks, guys with washboard stomachs, guys with fetishes and guys with other guys adorned the glossy pages. The frame is eye-blindingly bright in trashy neon yellow and the soft thermal lens is tinted orange for your viewing pleasure. Catherine reached out with a trembling hand and touched the neon police tape. Rual turned on the faucet and grabbed the neon green sponge. Also at Savers, I bought a neon red trucker cap, on which I used a black texta to write ‘Does my brain look big in this?’ You might have noticed that there appears to be a bit of variation in the opacity and colour of the neon green perspex used throughout the case. Encino Man missed the '80s by a couple of years, but is firmly stuck in the neon clothes and ‘Party on!’ Now I have on a bright neon lime green T-shirt and I'm not a small girl, so you can't miss me. I keep on hitting the neon ball back, whipping my racquet at it. From glamorous beach goddess to surf chic and neon brights there are sure to be styles and colours to suit everyone. Unlike most other designs this season's London Fashion Week has seen so far, his outfits are splashed with strong colours from bright yellow across neon shades to strong reds and purples. After coating the face of your driver with the neon green paint, you'll get a clear idea of where you're hitting the ball. The terrain is steep but so rewarding, so vastly unpopulated and un-skied, and so void of the neon jumpsuits and fur-lined boots crowd. You have a blank, bright neon face, a white room, clean but still blank. Please refrain from wearing brighter colours like pink, bright green, and neon yellow. They traced a path to a repository on the far side of the room, a row of bright, neon green cubes. As she was about to turn down her hallway, a bright neon paper caught her eye. The colour is a very close match to the colour of my neon green perspex! They would get up to about a foot long and were almost neon green in colour. Origin Late 19th century: from Greek, literally 'something new', neuter of the adjective neos. This gas, used in fluorescent lamps and illuminated advertising signs, was named in 1898 by its discoverers, the scientists Sir William Ramsay and M. W. Travers. Neon is simply the Greek word for ‘new thing’. The same Greek word is the source of the many English words that start with neo- and refer to a new or revived form of something, such as neoclassical (late 19th century), neocolonialism (mid 20th century), and neo-Nazi, a word that appeared in 1944 before the Nazis had even been ousted from power. Rhymes Leon, Lyons, prion Definition of neon in US English: neon nounˈniɑnˈnēän 1The chemical element of atomic number 10, an inert gaseous element of the noble gas group. It is obtained by the distillation of liquid air and is used in fluorescent lamps and advertising signs. Example sentencesExamples Over the next few years many types of laser were built, some using a mixture of helium and neon, others carbon dioxide or organic dyes. The noble gases helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon display fairly simple chemistry in material of solar composition. The model relies on an assumed mix of carbon, neon, nitrogen, and oxygen within the zone to predict one depth, whereas the data suggest another depth. When they do, they produce neon - 21, a stable isotope of that noble gas. The lowest temperatures will convert hydrogen into helium, then the next highest temperatures will convert helium into carbon, oxygen and neon largely. A plasma monitor often consists of two panels, which are filled with an inert gas, such as xenon or neon. Gas lasers use gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, neon, and nitrogen. They attributed those lines to the presence of three new elements, which they named neon, krypton, and xenon. The sodium ion has the same electron configuration as neon, the noble gas immediately before it on the Periodic Table. In the same year, Ramsay and Travers discovered two other noble gases, xenon and neon. It is the sixth most abundant gas in the atmosphere after nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and neon. Some of the electrons of the neon atoms in the tube absorb energy in this process and then emit it in the form of an intense red light that is characteristic of the element neon. It combines easily and even explosively with every other element except helium, neon, and argon. Stuff coming in at below 0.01 percent include neon, helium, methane, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Oxygen lacks two electrons compared with neon, the nearest noble gas. It has lent its guarded endorsement to KAN - an acronym of krypton, argon and neon. Two copies of the column with the noble gases, such as helium and neon, bracket the table like bookends. Xenon lamps-as well as all noble gas lamps such as neon and argon - rely on the same science as some other lights in the night, i.e., the aurora. A comparison of the ionization potentials of neon and argon will illustrate these principles. 1.1 Fluorescent lighting or signs (whether containing neon or some other gas) the lobby of the hotel was bright with neon Example sentencesExamples Call it the difference between discreet concealed lighting and a flashing red neon sign. I felt a strong repulsion for him, but kept following as I appreciated those tall buildings illuminated by neon lamps and the electronic advertisements. On your left is the approaching bulk of a station - sitting there majestically, neon signs spinning and lights streaming forth. As fantastical neon signs and lanterns extended the hours of daylight, I was seized by a desperate need to recapture my lost youth. Maybe we could tell readers that cricket is a game played in trench coats, in dingy offices lit by neon signs blinking through venetian slats. It was six blocks of lights and flashing neon signs. Just like a fluorescent light, neon signs are glass tubes filled with gas. There is more to it than the rubber that is burnt, the minutes that tick away and the series of street lamps and bright neon signs that flash by. The joint fairly jumped under the glow of fluorescent lights and neon beer signs when I stepped through the door last night. With the oncoming of darkness, Tokyo city became alive with bright neon signs. The action plays out in the light of headlamps, neon bar signs and moonlight through slatted blinds. As soon as that, the four went off causing havoc around the city, stealing electricity from neon signs, streetlights, power boxes, and more. Lots of lights, neon signs and flood-lit fountains are the norm for this type of photograph. Taiwanese food shops and single-storey buildings with Taiwanese-style neon signs line the streets. Inside, dim lighting vies with a neon sign flashing the names of the dancers - who are, incidentally, covered up in bikinis and stockings due to the state's no nudity law. We wandered the narrow neon lit streets of Shinjuku, turning down offers of girls from burly bouncers, and sampling some of the numerous small bars to be found in this district. Unfortunately, the bright neon sign did not emit infrared light. He invented neon and fluorescent lighting, and the humble little AC electric motor that you find throughout all modern industrialised societies. It often amazes me that people think if you walk down a street you would be able to tell who is a witch, but I do not agree, we do not go around with bright neon signs above our heads. Now I am not taken in by the mirage: I know that these are merely street lamps along the avenues, neon signs, and headlights. 1.2 A small lamp containing neon. Example sentencesExamples Whether you're a spy, a misanthrope, just having a bad hair day, or you're one of those worker bees who plod along day after day shackled to a monitor under neons that flicker 60 times a second, Zen Ya provides a little temporary refuge. New Year's Eve 2004: I skittered down to Elk Grove, Calif., on Highway 99 with rain boiling my windshield; obscuring my view save for suburban neons, crimson taillights, and scant highlights of freeway signs only legible from 10 feet away. Perhaps there are already heaps of cars out there with neons too? The brightly-colored corollas accompanying the pair won't stand daylight: dingy and perishable as moth-wings burned to ashtray dust, at dawn when the neons, laundry-bright the previous dusk, are dull and soiled. And neons are something easy, but maybe a bit too flashy… hehe… So there go my aspirations of editing my inbox to have Sciby confess his want for some neons to put on the underside of his car. A lot of drivers are unsettled by the confusing combination of in-car lights and the dazzling night-time neons on the outside. The air was sweet as a cool bath, the stars were peeping noisily beyond the their neons, and the citizens of the Queendom, in their jeans and separates, were floating down the Shaftesbury avenue canals, like gondolas. Never fix your neons, just constantly jiggle the wires until they go on. Her lab and living quarters were fully decorated with patterns, cuts, objects of art, along with several lights and neons of yellow and red colors; her two favorites. Soft lighting provides ‘a nice break from the intrusive neons of Shanghai’, opines one recent patron. The plastic on the skin of the case is quite transparent under light, and would look quite good if lit up with a neon. A guy who installs underbody neons and drives around with his 15’ subwoofer pounding 24/7 is probably overly self-assured and cocky, not to mention compensating for his inadequate manhood. I can just picture that driving around with a few neons under it, can't you? 1.3 Very bright or fluorescent in color. a denim cap outlined in neon as modifier we bought ourselves neon bandannas Example sentencesExamples They traced a path to a repository on the far side of the room, a row of bright, neon green cubes. Catherine reached out with a trembling hand and touched the neon police tape. I keep on hitting the neon ball back, whipping my racquet at it. Rual turned on the faucet and grabbed the neon green sponge. Also at Savers, I bought a neon red trucker cap, on which I used a black texta to write ‘Does my brain look big in this?’ I casually thumbed through - guys with bright neon trunks, guys with washboard stomachs, guys with fetishes and guys with other guys adorned the glossy pages. From glamorous beach goddess to surf chic and neon brights there are sure to be styles and colours to suit everyone. The terrain is steep but so rewarding, so vastly unpopulated and un-skied, and so void of the neon jumpsuits and fur-lined boots crowd. After coating the face of your driver with the neon green paint, you'll get a clear idea of where you're hitting the ball. They would get up to about a foot long and were almost neon green in colour. Unlike most other designs this season's London Fashion Week has seen so far, his outfits are splashed with strong colours from bright yellow across neon shades to strong reds and purples. Now I have on a bright neon lime green T-shirt and I'm not a small girl, so you can't miss me. You have a blank, bright neon face, a white room, clean but still blank. Many choose boldface letters, or add drop-shadows or slanting or underlines or neon outlines or animation. The frame is eye-blindingly bright in trashy neon yellow and the soft thermal lens is tinted orange for your viewing pleasure. Encino Man missed the '80s by a couple of years, but is firmly stuck in the neon clothes and ‘Party on!’ You might have noticed that there appears to be a bit of variation in the opacity and colour of the neon green perspex used throughout the case. The colour is a very close match to the colour of my neon green perspex! Please refrain from wearing brighter colours like pink, bright green, and neon yellow. As she was about to turn down her hallway, a bright neon paper caught her eye. Origin Late 19th century: from Greek, literally ‘something new’, neuter of the adjective neos.
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