CARBIDE

carbide

(noun) a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element

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Noun

carbide (plural carbides)

(chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element

(chemistry) The polyatomic ion C₂²⁻, or any of its salts.

(chemistry) The monatomic ion C⁴⁻, or any of its salts.

(chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.

(chemistry) Tungsten carbide.

(cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

Source: Wiktionary

Car"bide, n. Etym: [Carbon + -ide.] (Chem.)

Definition: A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition