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carbide
noun
(
chemistry
) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
(
chemistry
) The polyatomic ion C
2
2−
, or any of its salts.
(
chemistry
) The monatomic ion C
4−
, or any of its salts.
(
chemistry
) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
(
chemistry
) tungsten carbide, Tungsten carbide.
(
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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