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Webster 1913 Edition
Carbide
Car′bide
,Noun.
[
Carb
on + -ide
.] (Chem.)
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; – formerly termed
carburet
. Definition 2024
Carbide
carbide
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See also: Carbide
English
Noun
carbide (plural carbides)
- (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
- (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts.
- (chemistry) The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.
- (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
- (chemistry) Tungsten carbide.
- (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.
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Translations
any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
polyatomic ion C22-, or any of its salts
monatomic ion C4-, or any of its salts
carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel
tungsten carbide
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calcium carbide
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