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Neon Tube

Definition: Neon Tube

Neon Tube

Noun

1. A lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Neon Tube

Synonyms: neon induction lamp (n), neon lamp (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Neon Tube

English words defined with "neon tube": neon induction lamp, neon lamp. (references)
Specialty definitions using "neon tube": GLASS BENDER, glass-tube bender. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Neon Tube

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

neon tube

25
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Neon Tube

Language Translations for "neon tube"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

neoncső (neon gas lighting tube). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ネオン管 (bottleneck, drip-dry, import restriction list, Is it so?, nack chain, Nebraska, neck, neckerchief, necking, necklace, neckline, necktie, necktie pin, necrophilia, necrophobia, nector, negative, negative color, neglect, negligee, negotiation, Nelson, nepenta, nephron, nephrosis, nepotism, Neptune, neptunium, Nescafe, -ness, nest, nest table, nesting, Nestle, net, net ball, Net citizen, net in, net play, net price, net score, netball falling in, netizen, net-mask, nettopology, network, network administration, networker, networking, Nevada, Never give up!, Never happen, Never mind, next, no carbon, no-iron, permanent snowpatch, Really?, several tables inside each other, tie, wash and wear). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ネオンか". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eonnay ubetay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

неоновая лампа (neon arc, neon lamp). (various references)

   

Thai

  

หลอ"นีออน. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Neon Tube

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-n-n-o-t-u"

-2 letters: bennet, bonnet, butene, unbent.

-3 letters: benne, beton, bonne, buteo, nonet, tenon, tonne.

-4 letters: been, beet, bene, bent, bone, bout, bunn, bunt, bute, ebon, nene, neon, none, note, noun, teen, tone, tube, tune, unbe, unto.

-5 letters: bee, ben, bet, bot, bun, but, eon, neb, nee, net, nob, not, nub, nun, nut, obe, one, out, tee, ten, toe, ton, tub, tun.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-n-n-o-t-u"
 

+2 letters: bluebonnet, unbonneted.

 

+3 letters: bluebonnets, boutonniere.

 

+4 letters: boutonnieres, mountebanked, unnegotiable, unnoticeable.

 

+5 letters: bounteousness, butyrophenone, counterbidden, mountebankery, nondeductible, nonreturnable, nonsubjective, subgeneration, subgovernment, unmentionable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Neon Tube


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 65 6F 6E      54 75 62 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01100101 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01110101 01100010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#101 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#84 &#117 &#98 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0065 006F 006E      0054 0075 0062 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48718180254876871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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