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Carbon
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- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A place name:; A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 3 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 4 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city and coal town in Douglas Township, Adams County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Eastland County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 1 The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material. uncountable
"All life as we know it has carbon as the backbone of many of its molecules; carbon’s tetravalence gives it special importance in biochemical molecular bonds."
- 2 a copy made with carbon paper wordnet
- 3 An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it. countable
"A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens."
- 4 an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds wordnet
- 5 A sheet of carbon paper. countable, informal
"He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon."
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- 6 a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper wordnet
- 7 A carbon copy. countable, informal
"Please provide me with a carbon of your form."
- 8 A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal. countable, uncountable
- 9 Soot. countable, uncountable
"Every morning she cleaned the carbon from the lamp chimneys."
- 10 Soot.; Especially, hardened soot as a caked-on deposit. countable, uncountable
"When you overhaul an engine, you need to remove the carbon from around the valve seats. The carbon buildup can be extensive."
- 11 Ellipsis of carbon dioxide. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
"carbon neutral"
- 12 A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp. countable, uncountable
"To trim an arc lamp, first remove the old carbons and carefully and thoroughly wipe the carbon rods, holders, &c. with a clean, dry rag."
- 13 A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery. countable, uncountable
- 14 Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
"carbon bike frame"
- 1 To send a carbon copy of an email message to. Internet, transitive, uncommon
"When I send it, I’ll carbon Julia so she’s aware."
Etymology
Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”). By surface analysis, carbo- + -on.
Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”). By surface analysis, carbo- + -on.
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