Synonyms for
carbon
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.
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All Definitions for Carbon

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1The 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.
2An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
3A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
4A carbon copy.
5A sheet of carbon paper.
6To send a carbon copy of an email message to.
7A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
8A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
9Soot.
10Especially, hardened soot as a caked-on deposit.
11A surname.
12A place name:
13A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
14A number of places in the United States:
15A town in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana.
16A minor city and coal town in Douglas Township, Adams County, Iowa.
17An unincorporated community and coal town in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
18A town in Eastland County, Texas.
19Ellipsis of carbon dioxide. [(inorganic chemistry) The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂
20A colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.]
21Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer). [A very strong filament made by the pyrolysis of a synthetic fiber such as rayon.]

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