carbon

CEFRB2

/ˈkɑɹ.bən/

noun

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noun
A common chemical element found in living things and fuels.
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noun
Extra detail
A sheet of carbon paper.

Examples

Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.
Wind power doesn't release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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In context

Coal consists mostly of carbon.
A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.
Please provide me with a carbon of your form.

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Diamonds are made of pure blank atoms arranged in a crystal structure.

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Carbon is the most common element in our bodies—indeed, in all living things on earth.
2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 20
Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look like a fine sand, as well as dissolved bicarbonate.
2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN
He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon.
1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 51
To trim an arc lamp, first remove the old carbons and carefully and thoroughly wipe the carbon rods, holders, &c. with a clean, dry rag.
1892, English Mechanic and World of Science, page 444
If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.
2014 April 25, Martin Lukacs, “Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 20, page 13

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”). By surface analysis, carbo- + -on.

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Diamonds are made of pure blank— atoms arranged in a crystal structure.

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noun

Diamonds are made of pure blank atoms arranged in a crystal structure.