Reference meaning
Ne
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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
Related source terms
neonatomic number 10
Other meanings
2. noun
the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
3. noun
a midwestern state on the Great Plains
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