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 Definitions of carbon  [ˈkɑr bən]  

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Definition of 'carbon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) carbon
a nonmetallic element found combined with other elements in all organic matter and in a pure state as diamond and graphite.

2.  carbon
a sheet of carbon paper.

3.  carbon
the current-bearing carbon rod used in arc lights and in welding.

4.  carbon
the rod or plate, composed in part of carbon, used in batteries.

Etymology:  (1780–90; < F carbone, coinage based on L carbōn-, s. of carbō charcoal)

Definition of 'carbon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) carbon, C, atomic number 6
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

2. (noun) carbon paper, carbon
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

3. (noun) carbon, carbon copy
a copy made with carbon paper


Definition of 'carbon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) carbon
an elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite


Definition of 'carbon' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  carbon
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; and as SOOT from incompletely burned fuel.


Definition of 'carbon' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  carbon
(a) One of the elements; atomic weight, 12. It exists in three allotropic modifications, charcoal, graphite and diamond. In the graphitic form it is used as an electric current conductor, as in batteries and for arc lamp, electrodes and incandescent lamp filaments. It is the only substance which conducts electricity and which cannot be melted with comparative ease by increase of current. (See Resistance.)

(b) The carbon plate of a battery or rod of an arc lamp. To secure greater conductivity in lamp carbons, they are sometimes plated with nickel or with copper.

(c) v. To place carbons in arc lamps. This has generally to be done once in twenty-four hours, unless the period of burning is very short.


Translation of 'carbon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an element occurring as diamond and graphite and also in coal etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: koolstof Arabic flag Arabic: كربون، فَحْم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: въглерод
Brazilian flag Brazilian: carbono Czech flag Czech: uhlík German flag German: der Kohlenstoff
Danish flag Danish: kulstof Greek flag Greek: άνθρακας Spanish flag Spanish: carbono
Estonian flag Estonian: süsinik Farsi flag Farsi: کربن Finnish flag Finnish: hiili
French flag French: carbone Hebrew flag Hebrew: פָּחמָן Hindi flag Hindi: कोयला, कार्बन
Croatian flag Croatian: ugljik Hungarian flag Hungarian: szén Indonesian flag Indonesian: karbon
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kolefni Italian flag Italian: carbonio Japanese flag Japanese: 炭素
Korean flag Korean: 탄소 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: anglis Latvian flag Latvian: ogleklis
Malay flag Malay: arang Dutch flag Dutch: koolstof Norwegian flag Norwegian: karbon
Polish flag Polish: węgiel Persian flag Persian: کربن Pashto flag Pashto: كاربن، دكيميا وى طبيعى ما
Portuguese flag Portuguese: carbono Romanian flag Romanian: car­bon Russian flag Russian: углерод
Slovak flag Slovak: uhlík Slovenian flag Slovenian: ogljik Serbian flag Serbian: ugljenik
Swedish flag Swedish: kol Thai flag Thai: คาร์บอน Turkish flag Turkish: karbon
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вуглець Urdu flag Urdu: ہیرے اور گریفائٹ میں پایا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cacbon Chinese flag Chinese: 

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'carbon' - Nearby Entries  

carbon  carbon dioxide  carbon dioxide acidosis  carbon disulfide  carbonic  carbonic acid  carbonic acid gas  



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