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neogen

neogen noun: an alloy resembling silver, consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth.

Noun

neogen (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) An alloy resembling silver, consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth.

Origin of neogen

From neo- + -gen.

Questions about neogen

What does neogen mean?
Neogen means an alloy resembling silver, consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth.
What part of speech is neogen?
Neogen is a noun.

Words near neogen in the dictionary

  1. neogamist
  2. neogamists
  3. Neogan
  4. neogastropod
  5. neogastropods
  6. neogen
  7. Neogene
  8. neogeneration
  9. neogenerations
  10. neogeneses
  11. neogenesis

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