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carbon

car·bon

UK/ˈkɑːbən/ US/ˈkɑɹ.bən/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

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2.

a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

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3.

a copy made with carbon paper

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Origin

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”). By surface analysis, carbo- + -on.

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  • carbazotic acid
  • carbon anhydride
  • carbon arc
  • carbon audit
  • carbon bisulfide
  • carbon bisulphide
  • carbon black
  • Carbon County
  • carbon-13 NMR
  • East Carbon

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