Dictionary

carbide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɑː.baɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑɹ.baɪd/ (General-American)

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

cerium carbide · chromium carbide · carbide planet · beryllium carbide · hafnium carbide · caesium carbonate · iron carbide · sodium carbide · borocarbide · monocarbide · zirconium carbide · vanadium carbide · nonacarbide · boron carbide · decacarbide · dicarbide · niobium carbide · pentacarbide · ferric carbide · tungsten carbide · protocarbide · silicon carbide · octacarbide · barium carbide · titanium carbide · tantalum carbide · hexacarbide · yttrium carbide · tetracarbide · heptacarbide · percarbide · calcium carbide · tricarbide · niobocarbide · carbide lamp

Relateds

cementite

Translations (19)

cs karbid (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · tl karburo (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · es carburo (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · es carburo (monatomic ion C4− or any of its salts) · fi karbidi (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · ca carbur (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · sv karbid (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · ru карби́д (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · tr karpit (monatomic ion C4− or any of its salts) · tr karpit (polyatomic ion C2−2 or any of its salts) · pl węglik (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · es carburo (polyatomic ion C2−2 or any of its salts) · pt carbeto (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · it carburo (monatomic ion C4− or any of its salts) · it carburo (polyatomic ion C2−2 or any of its salts) · el καρβίδιο (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · it carburo (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · fr carbure (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element) · tr karpit (any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element)