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English Dictionary: neon by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neon
n
  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
    Synonym(s): neon, Ne, atomic number 10
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Neon
  
      Charles Duff.   An object-oriented extension of FORTH, for the
      Mac.   Inheritance, SANE {floating-point}, system classes and
      objects for Mac interfacing, overlays.   Sold by Kriya Systems,
      1985-1988.   Modified, made PD and renamed Yerk.
  
  

From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   neon
   Symbol: Ne
   Atomic number: 10
   Atomic weight: 20.183
   Colourless gaseous element of group 18 on the periodic table (noble
   gases). Neon occurs in the atmosphere, and comprises 0.0018% of the volume
   of the atmosphere. It has a distinct reddish glow when used in discharge
   tubes and neon based lamps. It forms almost no chemical compounds. Neon
   was discovered in 1898 by Sir William Ramsey and M.W. Travers.
  
  
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