His second album, Calogero (2002) was a huge success with the hit singles En apesanteur (In Weightlessness), Aussi libre que moi (As Free as Me), Tien an men and Prendre racine (To Take Root).
Definition of neon. 1  1 : a colorless odorless mostly inert gaseous element that is found in minute amounts in air and is used in electric lamps â see element table. 2  2a : a discharge lamp in which the gas contains a large proportion of neonb : a sign composed of such lampsc : the illumination provided by such lamps or signs.
The neon sign is an evolution of the earlier Geissler tube, which is an electrified glass tube containing a rarefied gas (the gas pressure in the tube is well below atmospheric pressure). When a voltage is applied to electrodes inserted through the glass, an electrical glow discharge results.