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1. carbon
   (C) Type: Term Pronunciation: kar′bŏn Definitions: 1. A nonmetallic tetravalent element, atomic no. 6, atomic wt. 12.011; the major bioelement. It has two natural isotopes, 12C and 13C (the former, set at 12.00000, being the standard for all molecular weights), and two artificial, radioactive isotopes of interest, 11C and 14C....
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2. Carbon
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3. carbon
   (Living things in their environment) chemical element found in all living things
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4. carbon
   [n] - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond 2. [n] - a copy made with carbon paper
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5. Carbon
   Very common element (C) present in all hydrocarbons as well as all living things, i.e. carbon based life.
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6. Carbon
   Carbon occurs naturally in two allotropic forms, namely graphite and diamond; the discovery in 1985 of fullerenes has increased the number of allotropic forms of this element. The study of carbon and its organic compounds is the basis of organic chemistry. The applications for carbon are many and in...
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7. Carbon
   a common non-metallic element, occurring naturally as diamond, charcoal and graphite. One of the most important elements for the development of life, and the storage of energy.
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8. carbon
   C. An element with atomic number 6. Carbon is a nonmetal found in all organic compounds. Carbon occurs naturally as diamond, graphite, and buckminsterfullerene.
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9. Carbon
   Atomic number is 6; element is in group 14 (or IVa) of periodic table. Carbon content of a hydrocarbon determines, to a degree, hydrocarbons burning characteristics and qualities.
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10. Carbon
    The element upon which all organic molecules are based. Carbon has an atomic weight of 12.00, and occurs elementally in these forms: diamond, graphite and amorphous carbon such as coal or carbon black
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11. carbon
    The basic element in all organic compounds
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12. carbon
    An element,atomic number 6,symbol C,molecular weight 12.01115,which exists in several allotropic forms. Category: Chemistry • powdered charcoal,usually of vegetable origin,used for decolorizing wines or for removing certain foreign odours Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - f...
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13. Carbon
    Car'bon (kär'bŏn) noun [ French carbone , from Latin carbo coal; confer Sanskrit çrā to cook.] (Chemistry) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic ...
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14. Carbon
    Car'bon noun (Electricity) A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
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15. carbon
    <chemistry, element> Sixth element (Z=6) in the periodic table, has 6 protons, often described as the basis of life on earth because of its chemical properties, has potential for use with silicon as a low-activation structural material for fusion reactors, in the form silicon carbide. ... Carb...
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16. carbon
    carbon copy noun a copy made with carbon paper
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17. carbon
    C noun 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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18. carbon
    (C) (kahr´bәn) a chemical element, atomic number 6, atomic weight 12.011.
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19. Carbon
    • (n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond...
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20. Carbon
    county, eastern Pennsylvania, U.S., flanked to the north by the Pocono Mountains and to the south by Blue Mountain and located midway between the ...
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21. carbon
    a nonmetallic chemical element in Group IVa of the periodic table. A brief treatment of carbon follows. For full treatment, carbon group element: ... [59 related articles]
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22. Carbon
    [API] Carbon is one of Apple Inc.`s procedural application programming interfaces (APIs) for the Macintosh operating system. It provides C programming language access to Macintosh system services. Carbon provides a good degree of backward compatibility for programs to run on the now-obsolete...
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23. Carbon
    Carbon ən (from carbo "coal") is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. There are three naturally occurring isotopes, with 12C and 13...
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24. carbon
    An element forming a large number of compounds, many of which have important uses. Diamond and graphite are amongst the main forms of carbon. Coals are elemental carbon mixed with varying amounts of carbon compounds; coke and charcoal are nearly pure carbon. All organic compounds, such as proteins, ...
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25. Carbon
    a non-metallic element - No. 6 in the periodic table. Diamonds and graphite are pure forms of carbon. Carbon is a constituent of all organic compounds. It also occurs in combined form in many inorganic substances; i.e., carbon dioxide, limestone, etc.
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