Meaning of carbon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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
3. 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
4. A place name:
   countable, uncountable
5. A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
6. An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
   countable
7. An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it
8. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
9. A town in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana.
   countable, uncountable
10. A sheet of carbon paper.
    countable, informal
11. A sheet of carbon paper
12. A minor city and coal town in Douglas Township, Adams County, Iowa.
    countable, uncountable
13. A carbon copy.
    countable, informal
14. A carbon copy
15. An unincorporated community and coal town in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
    countable, uncountable
16. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
    countable, uncountable
17. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal
18. A town in Eastland County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
19. Soot.
    countable, uncountable
20. Especially, hardened soot as a caked-on deposit.
    countable, uncountable
21. Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
22. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
    countable, uncountable
23. A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
    countable, uncountable
24. Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Carbon is the most common element in our bodies—indeed, in all living things on earth.”

“Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look like a fine sand, as well as dissolved bicarbonate.”

“A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.”

“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.”

“Please provide me with a carbon of your form.”

“Press firmly: you are making a carbon.”

“Every morning she cleaned the carbon from the lamp chimneys.”

“When you overhaul an engine, you need to remove the carbon from around the valve seats. The carbon buildup can be extensive.”

“carbon neutral”

“carbon capture”

“If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.”

“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.”

“carbon bike frame”

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