English Explanatory Dictionary

carbide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
  2. The polyatomic ion C2−2, or any of its salts.
  3. The monatomic ion C⁴⁻, or any of its salts.
  4. A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
  5. Tungsten carbide.
  6. trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑː.baɪd/ /ˈkɑɹ.baɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-carbide.wav

Word forms

carbide carbides

Related words

cementite

Derived words

barium carbide beryllium carbide borocarbide boron carbide caesium carbonate calcium carbide carbide lamp carbide planet cerium carbide chromium carbide dicarbide ferric carbide hafnium carbide iron carbide monocarbide niobium carbide niobocarbide percarbide protocarbide silicon carbide sodium carbide tantalum carbide tetracarbide titanium carbide tungsten carbide vanadium carbide yttrium carbide zirconium carbide
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