carbon
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1. element
car.bon \'ka:r-b*n\ n [F carbone, fr. L carbon-, carbo ember, charcoal]
often attrib 1: a nonmetallic chiefly tetravalent element found native (as
in the diamon d and graphite) or as a constituent of coal, petroleum, and
asphalt, of limestone and other carbonates, and of organic compounds or
obtained artificially in varying degrees of purity esp. as carbon black,
lampblack, activated carbon, charcoal, and coke 2a: a sheet of carbon paper
2b: CARBON COPY 3a: a carbon rod used in an arc lamp 3b: a piece of
carbon used as an element in a voltaic cell