Carbon

Quick meaning: Carbon is a noun meaning (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

Meaning

(countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

More Meanings

1. (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
2. (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
3. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
4. (ecology, climate change, uncountable) Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.
5. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
6. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

Example Sentences

Press firmly: you are making a carbon.

Please provide me with a carbon of your form.

Every morning she cleaned the carbon from the lamp chimneys.

A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.

Word Forms

• carbons
• carbone
• carboning
• carboned

Synonyms for carbon

Depending on context, synonyms include cc, copy, c.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include c, dioxide, tetrachloride, hydrocarbon, fractionation, coal.

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