An illuminated sign constructed from fluorescent lights in the form of bent glass tubes; the different colours being obtained by adding different noble gases to the neon.

A neon lamp. / The light from such a lamp.

A newborn infant; recently born baby.

(medicine) any initial treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) that shrinks a tumor prior to surgery

Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.

The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.

(physics) A rare stable isotope of neon, ²¹₁₀Ne, having ten protons and eleven neutrons; it amounts to less than 0.3% of the element in nature

(physics) The major stable isotope of neon, ²⁰₁₀Ne, having ten protons and ten neutrons; it amounts to over 90% of the element in nature

(physics) A minor stable isotope of neon, ²²₁₀Ne, having ten protons and twelve neutrons; it amounts to about 9% of the element in nature

plural of neon tetra