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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-buh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr bən


Définition of carbon

Origin :
  • non-metallic element, 1789, coined 1787 in French by Lavoisier as charbone, from Latin carbonem (nominative carbo) "a coal, glowing coal; charcoal," from PIE root *ker- (4) "heat, fire, to burn" (cf. Latin cremare "to burn;" Sanskrit krsna "black, burnt," kudayati "singes;" Lithuanian kuriu "to heat," karštas "hot," krosnis "oven;" Old Church Slavonic kurjo "to smoke," krada "fireplace, hearth;" Russian ceren "brazier;" Old High German harsta "roasting;" Gothic hauri "coal;" Old Norse hyrr "fire;" Old English heorð "hearth").
  • Carbon 14, long-lived radioactive isotope used in dating organic deposits, is from 1936. Carbon dating (using carbon 14) is recorded from 1958. Carbon cycle is attested from 1912. Carbon footprint was in use by 2001. Carbon paper (soon to be obsolete) is from 1895.
  • noun element
Example sentences :
  • Edison concluded that carbon of some sort was the solution rather than a metal.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • However, what odds how you take your carbon and nitrogen and oxygen, as long as you DO get it?
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Carbon will combine with hydrogen, but will drop it if it can get oxygen.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • A generator is made of iron, copper, carbon, and insulation.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The carbon should be moved around to insure a solid joint at all points.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Carbon is an element; you can get nothing out of carbon but carbon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Tinder-box » by Charles Meymott Tidy
  • You can combine it with other things, but if you have only carbon you can get nothing out of the carbon but carbon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Tinder-box » by Charles Meymott Tidy
  • It is a very different form of carbon, no doubt you think, to tinder.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Tinder-box » by Charles Meymott Tidy
  • Some of the hydrogen gas in the wood and some of the carbon too are separated from the wood by the heat.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • The candle is made mostly of a combination of hydrogen and carbon.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Antonyms for carbon

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