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noun 
  1. (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
  2. (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts.
  3. (chemistry) The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.
  4. (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
  5. (chemistry) tungsten carbide, Tungsten carbide.
  6. (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC?2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.
Translations: 
  • Italian: carburo di calcio
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: carburo de calcio
    (trans-bottom)
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