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Neo-
CIDE DICTIONARY
Neo-, [Gr. ne`os 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 is connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Neo-, comb. form 1 new, modern.
2 a new or revived form of.
2 a new or revived form of.
Etymology
Gk f. neos new
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