Carbon

  • 51carbon — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)bən[/t]] ♦♦♦ carbons 1) N UNCOUNT Carbon is a chemical element that diamonds and coal are made up of. 2) N COUNT A carbon is a sheet of carbon paper. He inserted the paper and two carbons …

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  • 52carbon —    A common non metallic element that occurs in many inorganic and in all organic compounds, exists freely as graphite and diamond, and as a constituent of coal, limestone, and petroleum, and is capable of chemical self bonding to form an… …

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  • 53carbon 13 — noun Date: 1939 an isotope of carbon of mass number 13 that constitutes about 1/70 of natural carbon and is used as a tracer especially in spectroscopy utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance …

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  • 54carbon 12 — noun Date: 1946 an isotope of carbon of mass number 12 that is the most abundant carbon isotope and is used as a standard for measurements of atomic weight …

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  • 55carbon 13 — the stable isotope of carbon having an atomic mass number 13, used as a tracer. Also, carbon 13 /kahr beuhn therr teen /. [1940 45] * * * …

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  • 56carbon — noun a) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. Make sure the carbon is facing the second sheet of paper, before rolling it into the typewriter. b) A sheet of carbon paper. See Also: carbonaceous, carbonade …

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  • 57Carbon — Car|bon [frz. carbone = Kohlenstoff (lat. carbo = Kohle u. carboneum = Kohlenstoff)], das; s: internat. bevorzugter, im dt. fachspr. Gebrauch zugelassener Stammname (Carbon ) für das Element Kohlenstoff, auch in Zus. wie Carbondioxid, Carbon(II)… …

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  • 58carbon — Synonyms and related words: alcohol, apograph, ash, ashes, benzine, brand, briquette, burnable, butane, calx, carbon copy, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, combustible, coom, copy, ditto, dope, dross, duplicate, ethane, ethanol, facsimile,… …

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  • 59carbon — n. radioactive carbon * * * [ kɑːbən] radioactive carbon …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 60carbon — car|bon [ˈka:bən US ˈka:r ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: carbone, from Latin carbo burning coal, charcoal ] 1.) [U] a chemical substance that exists in a pure form as diamonds, ↑graphite etc, or in an impure form as coal, petrol etc. It… …

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