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Meanings of neon in English

Russian
ne
Portuguese
neão
Spanish
neón
Catalan
ne
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Chemical element with symbol Ne and atomic number 10.

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Usage of neon in English
1
Everything points to the spectre of another reality rippling through the neon.
The Guardian
2
Vera pinched a lemon free and held it under a neon light.
Angelopolis
3
I understand that a neon eyelid can seem really overwhelming and intense.
NY Magazine
4
Stoney-faced police wearing neon safety vests stood fanning themselves on the sidelines.
The Guardian
5
The bright neon Genesee sign at Bill's stood out in welcome contrast.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
6
In the mid-1900s, Havana twinkled with thousands of technicolour tubes of neon.
BBC
7
Nicola Strahan uses a neon stress ball to keep 'control' of meetings.
The Guardian
8
You might call it from family portraits to neon in three generations.
Go home, stranger
9
Around each bend, neon green rectangles stand out among the darker fields.
The Irish Times
10
I look around me: rust-colored taillights, red and green neon, black-denim sky.
The nobodies album
11
Did all sex toys come in shades of neon, or just hers?
Good girls don't
12
The fishing line was a neon equator, splitting the lake into two.
Second glance
13
Downtown Lexington could have been downtown anywhere-allneon and glass and traffic.
The Hustler
14
A neon sign on the top of the car advertised Art's Carpet's.
Hot six
15
Chinatown's neon-lit Yaowarat Road is lined with Chinese herbalists and gold shops.
The Guardian
16
They were curiously colorful with all the many-tinted neon signs upon them.
Space Platform
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Translations for neon
Russian
neнеон
Neon through the time
Neon across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common