About The Word Neo-
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Neo-
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What's The Definition Of Neo-?
[adj] (used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining form in words like `neocolonialism'"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Neo-: modern Related Terms | Find terms related to Neo-: See Also | Neo- In Webster's Dictionary \Ne"o-\ [Gr. ? youthful, new. See {New}.]
A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry
designating specifically that variety of metameric
hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been
recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in
connected directly with four other carbon atoms; --
contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the
neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.
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