Pronunciation Noun
carbon
(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. - (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
- A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.
- (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, page 51:
- He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, page 51:
- (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
- A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
- (ecology, uncountable) Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.
- A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
- A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
- French: carbone
- German: Kohlenstoff
- Italian: carbonio
- Portuguese: carbono
- Russian: углеро́д
- Spanish: carbono
- Portuguese: papel-carbono
- Russian: копи́рка
- German: Kohlendioxid
- Portuguese: carbono
- Russian: углеки́слый газ
carbon (carbons, present participle carboning; past and past participle carboned)
- (Internet, intransitive) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.
- When I send it, I'll carbon Julia so she's aware.
Carbon
Proper noun
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