NE

NE

abbr.

1. Nebraska

2. New England

3.

a. northeast

b. northeastern

4. not equal to

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Ne ¹

The symbol for the element neon.

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Ne ²

abbr. Bible

Nehemiah

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Ne Chem neon

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NE

1. Nebraska

2. northeast(ern)

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Ne

The symbol for neon.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Ne - 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 atomic number 10, neon chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter argonon, inert gas, noble gas - any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table air - a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air"
	2.	NE - the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees nor'-east, northeast, northeastward compass point, point - any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
	3.	NE - a midwestern state on the Great Plains Cornhusker State, Nebraska Bad Lands, Badlands - an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Grand Island - a town in south central Nebraska capital of Nebraska, Lincoln - capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska North Platte - a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River Omaha - largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest North Platte, North Platte River - a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River Platte, Platte River - a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River Republican River, Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas South Platte, South Platte River - a tributary of the Platte River