carbon

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. 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.
2. An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
3. (informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
4. (informal) A carbon copy.
5. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
6. carbon dioxide, in the context of climate change.
7. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
8. A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
9. (informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).

Verb

To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.

Sinònims

charcoal

coal

carbon paper

C

C

soot

carbonado

chemical element

atomic number 6

carbon copy

graphite

imitation

lampblack

plumbago

radiocarbon

replication

reproduction

sham

smoke

transcript

twin

carbon-paper

copying paper

black diamond

anthrax

carbon-copy

carbonic

carbuncle

coke

copy

double

duplicate

ember

fake

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkɑɹ.bən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”).

Frases

The carbon dioxide slowly forms the bubbles that develop the " eyes ".