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Carbon

/ˈkɑɹbən/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Carbon"

noun
  1. 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. 2

    An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

    "A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens."

  3. 3

    A sheet of carbon paper.

  4. 4

    A carbon copy.

verb
  1. 1

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

    "When I send it, I'll carbon Julia so she's aware."

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