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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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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.
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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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.
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Sense: an element occurring as diamond and graphite and also in coal etc.
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 Afrikaans: koolstof |
 Arabic: كربون، فَحْم |
 Bulgarian: въглерод |
 Brazilian: carbono |
 Czech: uhlík |
 German: der Kohlenstoff |
 Danish: kulstof |
 Greek: άνθρακας |
 Spanish: carbono |
 Estonian: süsinik |
 Farsi: کربن |
 Finnish: hiili |
 French: carbone |
 Hebrew: פָּחמָן |
 Hindi: कोयला, कार्बन |
 Croatian: ugljik |
 Hungarian: szén |
 Indonesian: karbon |
 Icelandic: kolefni |
 Italian: carbonio |
 Japanese: 炭素 |
 Korean: 탄소 |
 Lithuanian: anglis |
 Latvian: ogleklis |
 Malay: arang |
 Dutch: koolstof |
 Norwegian: karbon |
 Polish: węgiel |
 Persian: کربن |
 Pashto: كاربن، دكيميا وى طبيعى ما |
 Portuguese: carbono |
 Romanian: carbon |
 Russian: углерод |
 Slovak: uhlík |
 Slovenian: ogljik |
 Serbian: ugljenik |
 Swedish: kol |
 Thai: คาร์บอน |
 Turkish: karbon |
 Taiwanese: 碳 |
 Ukrainian: вуглець |
 Urdu: ہیرے اور گریفائٹ میں پایا |
 Vietnamese: cacbon |
 Chinese: 碳 |
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