normal
(ˈnɔr məl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straight unbranched carbon chain, each carbon atom of which is joined to no more than two other carbon atoms.
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hydr-
Webster Dictionary
see under Hydro-
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phototropic bacteria
(phototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteria)
Princeton's WordNet
green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
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phototrophic bacteria
(phototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteria)
Princeton's WordNet
green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
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chlorocarbon
(ˌklɔr əˈkɑr bən, ˌkloʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
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normal
Webster Dictionary
denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-
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carbide
Webster Dictionary
a binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet
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is-
Webster Dictionary
applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with neo- and normal; as in isoparaffine; isopentane
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eutectoid steel
(eutectoid steel)
Princeton's WordNet
a steel that contains 0.9% carbon (the eutectic point); a carbon steel with 0.9% carbon is pure pearlite
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carburize
Webster Dictionary
to combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons
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secondary
(ˈsɛk ənˌdɛr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
noting or containing a carbon atom united to two other carbon atoms in a chain or ring molecule.
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neo-
(ˈneɪ neɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a combining form used in the names of isomers having a carbon atom attached to four carbon atoms:
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cyclodiene
(ˌsaɪ kləˈdaɪ in, -daɪˈin)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several organic chemicals having a chlorinated methylene group bonded to two carbon atoms of a six-member carbon ring.
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photoautotroph
(ˌfoʊ toʊˈɔ təˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon.
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tertiary
(ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə ri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
noting or containing a carbon atom united to three other carbon atoms.
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carbonometer
Webster Dictionary
an instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means
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decarburize
Webster Dictionary
to deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from
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fullerene
(fullerene)
Princeton's WordNet
a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms
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afterdamp
(afterdamp)
Princeton's WordNet
a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine
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neo-
Webster Dictionary
a prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively
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catalytic converter
(catalytic converter)
Princeton's WordNet
a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water; an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system
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austenite
(ˈɔ stəˌnaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a nonmagnetic solid solution of carbon or iron carbide in iron, an essential component of high-carbon stainless steels.
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benzene ring
(ˈbɛn zin, bɛnˈzin)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the graphic representation of the structure of benzene as a hexagon with a carbon atom at each of its points, each carbon atom united with an atom of hydrogen.
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primary
(ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
noting or containing a carbon atom united to no other or to only one other carbon atom in a molecule.
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fatty acid
(fatty acid)
Princeton's WordNet
any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms
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enol
(enol)
Princeton's WordNet
an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom
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steel
Webster Dictionary
a variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon
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silicon
Webster Dictionary
a nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium
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heterocycle
(heterocyclic ring, heterocycle)
Princeton's WordNet
a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
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heterocyclic ring
(heterocyclic ring, heterocycle)
Princeton's WordNet
a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
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