carbon

US: /ˈkɑɹbən/
UK: /kˈɑːbən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


carbon /'kɑ:bən/
  • danh từ
    • (hoá học) cacbon
      • carbon dioxide: cacbon đioxyt, khí cacbonic
    • giấy than; bản sao bằng giấy than
    • (điện học) thỏi than (làm đèn cung lửa)
    • (ngành mỏ) kim cương đen (để khoan đá)

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 [U] (Symbol C) a chemical element. Carbon is found in all living things, existing in a pure state as diamond and GRAPHITE: carbon fibre
2 [C] = CARBON COPY
3 [C] a piece of CARBON PAPER

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

pure
Diamonds are crystals of pure carbon.
| organic | radioactive | activated

CARBON + NOUN

content
iron with a high carbon content
| atom, isotope | fibre

PHRASES

a form of carbon


Concise English dictionary


carbons'kɑːbən
noun
+an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
+a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
+a copy made with carbon paper