CARBON
\kˈɑːbən], \kˈɑːbən], \k_ˈɑː_b_ə_n]\
Definitions of CARBON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
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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
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a copy made with carbon paper
By Princeton University
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an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
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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
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a copy made with carbon paper
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A nonmetallic element with atomic symbol C, atomic number 6, and atomic weight 12.011. It may occur as several different allotropes including DIAMOND; CHARCOAL; and GRAPHITE.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A nonmetallic element occurring in nature as the diamond and as graphite, and in coal, charcoal, coke, etc., and all organic substances; anything made of carbon, as the rod of an arc lamp.
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Carbonaceous.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Carbo-c. Sesqui-iodide of, Carbonis sesqui-iodidum-c. Bisulphuret of, Carbonis sulphuretum-c. Sesquichloride of, Carbonis trichloridum-c. Sulphide of, Carbonis sulphuretum-c. Sulphuret of, Carbonis sulphuretum-c. Terchloride of, Carbonis trichloridum, see Chloroform.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A non-metallic element occurring in nature uncombined, in the form of anthracite, the diamond, and graphite. Wood charcoal, lampblack, and animal charcoal consist almost entirely of elementary c. Combined with oxygen, it occurs to a small extent in the atmosphere, and in the form of organic compounds it is found in all animal and vegetable tissues. It is also found as a relic of extinct animal and vegetable organisms in the form of carbonates (chalk, coral, limestone) and of coal, and its occurrence in petroleum is probably of like origin. It is also produced (in the form of lampblack, gas c, or charcoal by the incomplete combustion of animal or vegetable tissue. Chemical symbol C. Atomic weight, 12.
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dioxid. See carbon dioxid, under carbon
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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