Neo-

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neo- \Ne"o-\ [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neo
       adj : (used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a
             combining form in words like `neocolonialism'"