What does carbon mean?
Definitions for carbon
ˈkɑr bəncar·bon
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Princeton's WordNet
carbon, C, atomic number 6(noun)
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
carbon paper, carbon(noun)
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
carbon, carbon copy(noun)
a copy made with carbon paper
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Carbon(n.)
a sheet of carbon paper.
Etymology: [F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf. Skr. r to cook.]
Carbon(n.)
a carbon copy.
Etymology: [F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf. Skr. r to cook.]
Wiktionary
carbon(Noun)
The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.
Etymology: from carbo.
carbon(Noun)
A sheet of carbon paper.
Make sure the carbon is facing the second sheet of paper, before rolling it into the typewriter.
Etymology: from carbo.
carbon(Noun)
A carbon copy.
Etymology: from carbo.
carbon(Noun)
A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
Etymology: from carbo.
carbon(Noun)
Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.
Etymology: from carbo.
Webster Dictionary
Carbon(noun)
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
Etymology: [F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf. Skr. r to cook.]
Freebase
Carbon
Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. There are three naturally occurring isotopes, with ¹²C and ¹³C being stable, while 14C is radioactive, decaying with a half-life of about 5,730 years. Carbon is one of the few elements known since antiquity. There are several allotropes of carbon of which the best known are graphite, diamond, and amorphous carbon. The physical properties of carbon vary widely with the allotropic form. For example, diamond is highly transparent, while graphite is opaque and black. Diamond is the hardest naturally-occurring material known, while graphite is soft enough to form a streak on paper. Diamond has a very low electrical conductivity, while graphite is a very good conductor. Under normal conditions, diamond, carbon nanotube and graphene have the highest thermal conductivities of all known materials. All carbon allotropes are solids under normal conditions with graphite being the most thermodynamically stable form. They are chemically resistant and require high temperature to react even with oxygen. The most common oxidation state of carbon in inorganic compounds is +4, while +2 is found in carbon monoxide and other transition metal carbonyl complexes. The largest sources of inorganic carbon are limestones, dolomites and carbon dioxide, but significant quantities occur in organic deposits of coal, peat, oil and methane clathrates. Carbon forms more compounds than any other element, with almost ten million pure organic compounds described to date, which in turn are a tiny fraction of such compounds that are theoretically possible under standard conditions.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Carbon
kär′bon, n. an elementary substance, widely diffused, of which pure charcoal is an example.—n. Car′bide, a compound of carbon with a metal, formerly called Car′buret.—adjs. Carbonā′ceous, Carbon′ic, pertaining to or composed of carbon.—n. Car′bonate, a salt formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base.—adjs. Car′bonated, combined or impregnated with carbonic acid; Carbonif′erous, producing carbon or coal.—n. Carbonisā′tion—v.t. Car′bonise, to make into carbon.—Carbonic acid, an acid formed of carbon and oxygen, generally gaseous, and evolved by respiration and combustion. [Fr. carbone—L. carbon-em, coal.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
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.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
carbon
See Charcoal.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'carbon' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4022
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'carbon' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2527
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'carbon' in Nouns Frequency: #1573
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of carbon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of carbon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of carbon in a Sentence
Direct air capture is a politically promising route for carbon dioxide removal.
They focus on the carbon emissions trading scheme because they know this will take a very long time, utilities with a lot of conventional generation assets have lost a lot of terrain, that is why they to try to stall the process.
We've been monitoring the carbon steel subway cars and they are holding up well, they are still three dimensional, and provide thousands and thousands of square feet of hard surface for invertebrates to live on, some of which, such as blue mussels, could not live on the sand bottom that is naturally there.
Our results show that these changes would allow the ocean to absorb an enormous amount of [carbon dioxide] on long time scales; perhaps hiding the warming effects of volcanism in the aftermath of the event.
People are often surprised at the size of their travel and tourism emissions, a frequent flyer can have a larger carbon footprint from their work or leisure travel than their entire carbon footprint at home.
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- koolstofAfrikaans
- كربونArabic
- karbonAzerbaijani
- вугляро́дBelarusian
- инди́го, въглеро́ден диокси́д, въглеро́д, ко́пие, въ́глищаBulgarian
- অঙ্গারBengali
- karbon, glaouBreton
- carbó, carboniCatalan, Valencian
- carboniuCorsican
- kopírák, uhlí, uhlíkCzech
- carbon, ulwynWelsh
- karbon, koks, karbonpapir, carbon, kul, kulstof, trækul, kalkerpapir, stenkulDanish
- Kohlenstoff, Kohle, KohlendioxidGerman
- κοινοποίηση, καρμπόν, κάρβουνο, διοξείδιο, άνθρακαςGreek
- karbonoEsperanto
- carbón, carbonoSpanish
- süsinik, süsi, süsinikdioksiid, süsihappegaasEstonian
- karbonoaBasque
- کربنPersian
- hiilidioksidi, hiili, kalkkeripaperi, kopsuFinnish
- kolevniFaroese
- carbone, charbonFrench
- koalstofWestern Frisian
- carbónIrish
- gualan, gualScottish Gaelic
- carbonoGalician
- કાર્બનGujarati
- carboanManx
- פחמןHebrew
- प्रांगारHindi
- kabònHaitian Creole
- indigómásolat, másolat, szén, indigó, másolópapírHungarian
- ածխածինArmenian
- carbonInterlingua
- karbonIndonesian
- karboIdo
- kolefni, kolefnis pappírIcelandic
- carbonioItalian
- ᐸᐅᖅInuktitut
- カーボンコピー, 炭, 石炭, 炭素Japanese
- karbonJavanese
- ნახშირბადიGeorgian
- көмиртекKazakh
- ការបោនKhmer
- ಇಂಗಾಲKannada
- 탄소, 카아본지Korean
- karbonKurdish
- karbonCornish
- carbonium, carbo, ipsumLatin
- KuelestoffLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- koolstofLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- kaboniLingala
- anglisLithuanian
- ogle, ogleklisLatvian
- waroMāori
- јаглеродMacedonian
- കാര്ബണ്Malayalam
- нүүрстөрөгчMongolian
- कार्बनMarathi
- karbon, arangMalay
- karbonjuMaltese
- doorslag, kool, koolstof, koolstofdioxideDutch
- karbonNorwegian Nynorsk
- karbon, kullsyre, blåpapir, blåkopi, kull, kulldioksidNorwegian
- káábinNavajo, Navaho
- carbòniOccitan
- ଅଙ୍ଗାରକOriya
- ਕਾਰਬਨPanjabi, Punjabi
- węgiel, kalka, dwutlenek węglaPolish
- papel-carbono, carbono, carvãoPortuguese
- k'illimsayaqQuechua
- cărbune, carbonRomanian
- углекислота́, у́голь, углеки́слый газ, углеро́д, двуо́кись углеро́да, копи́ркаRussian
- कौकिलीयSanskrit
- ugalj, ćumur, karbon, ugljik, угљеник, угљик, ugljenik, угаљ, ћумурSerbo-Croatian
- uhlíkSlovak
- ogljikSlovene
- karboniAlbanian
- karbonSundanese
- kol, karbonpapper, genomslagskopia, koldioxidSwedish
- kaboniSwahili
- கரிமம், கரிமக் காகிதம், கரிTamil
- కార్బన్, అచ్చు కాగితంTelugu
- карбонTajik
- คาร์บอนThai
- karbonTagalog
- karbon, kömürTurkish
- вуглецьUkrainian
- uglerodUzbek
- thán khí, cacbon, cacbon điôxít, giấy than, than, anhiđrít cacbonic, than củi, khí cacbonic, điôxít cacbonVietnamese
- karbinVolapük
- carboneWalloon
- קוילנשטאףYiddish
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