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Carbon-based life is the concept that carbon is the core element for all known forms of life, and a core component of all complex biological molecules
Carbon-based_life
Topics referred to by the same term
Carbon-based may refer to: Biology based on Carbon Carbon-based life Carbon chauvinism This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
Carbon-based
Swedish electronic music duo
Carbon Based Lifeforms is a Swedish electronic music duo formed in Gothenburg in 1996 by Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Vadestrid (né Ringström and formerly
Carbon_Based_Lifeforms
Possible alternative biochemicals used by life forms
classes of carbon compounds, compounds of another element, and/or another solvent in place of water. The possibility of life-forms being based on "alternative"
Hypothetical types of biochemistry
Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry
2011 EP by Cynic
Carbon-Based Anatomy is an EP by the progressive rock/metal band Cynic. It was released through Season of Mist on November 11, 2011. Carbon-Based Anatomy
Carbon-Based_Anatomy
Carbon-based fuel is any fuel principally from the oxidation or burning of carbon. Carbon-based fuels are of two main kinds, biofuels and fossil fuels
Carbon-based_fuel
of aromatic hydrocarbons. Pitch is produced via the distillation of carbon-based materials, such as plants, crude oil, and coal. Pitch is isotropic, but
Pitch-based_carbon_fiber
Carbon-containing chemical compound
is based on organic compounds. Living things incorporate inorganic carbon compounds into organic compounds through a network of processes (the carbon cycle)
Organic_compound
Scientific theory assuming that all form of life must be carbon-based
of possible extraterrestrial life. It suggests that human beings, as carbon-based life forms who have never encountered any life that has evolved outside
Carbon_chauvinism
Chemical element with atomic number 6 (C)
Carbon (from Latin carbo 'coal') is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—meaning that its atoms are
Carbon
2010 American film
Carbon Nation is a 2010 documentary film by Peter Byck about technological- and community-based energy solutions to the growing worldwide carbon footprint
Carbon_Nation
Concept for greenhouse gas emissions analysis
A carbon footprint (or greenhouse gas footprint) is a calculated value or index that makes it possible to compare the total amount of greenhouse gases
Carbon_footprint
Computer using carbon nanotube transistors
magnitude better than with silicon-based transistors. Moreover, carbon is an excellent conductor of heat, and carbon-based transistors can therefore dissipate
Carbon_nanotube_computer
Microphone design
The carbon microphone, also known as carbon button microphone, button microphone, or carbon transmitter, is a type of microphone, a transducer that converts
Carbon_microphone
Science-fiction television series
Altered Carbon is an American cyberpunk television series created by Laeta Kalogridis and based on the 2002 novel of the same title by English author
Altered_Carbon_(TV_series)
Allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure
A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range (nanoscale). They are one of the allotropes of carbon. Two broad
Carbon_nanotube
Form of carbon with an extremely high surface area
Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, is a form of carbon commonly used to filter contaminants from water and air, among many other uses.
Activated_carbon
Carbon intensity of GDP measures CO2 emissions per GDP unit
amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced per unit of GDP. It provides an indication of how efficiently an economy uses carbon-based resources
List of countries by carbon intensity
List_of_countries_by_carbon_intensity
Carbon dioxide reduction scheme
One carbon credit represents the avoided or enhanced removal of one metric ton of carbon dioxide or its carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e). Carbon offsetting
Carbon_offsets_and_credits
Class of devices for nanoscale functionality
performance parameters between carbon nanotube (CNT)-based NEMS switches with its counterpart CMOS revealed that CNT-based NEMS switches retained performance
Nanoelectromechanical_systems
German manufacturing company
SGL Carbon SE is a European company based in Germany. It is one of the world's leading manufacturers of products from carbon. With 29 production sites
SGL_Carbon
Application programming interface (API)
Carbon is one of two primary C-based application programming interfaces (APIs) that were developed by Apple for the Mac OS X operating system. Carbon
Carbon_(API)
American progressive metal band
Mist, followed up by an EP titled Re-Traced in 2010 and an EP titled Carbon-Based Anatomy in 2011. Their third studio album, Kindly Bent to Free Us, was
Cynic_(band)
Chemical compound
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CO2. It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded
Carbon_dioxide
Catalyst participating in electrochemical reactions
for reactants Carbon nanotubes and graphene-based materials can be used as electrocatalysts. The carbon surfaces of graphene and carbon nanotubes are
Electrocatalyst
Tax on carbon emissions
A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon emissions from producing goods and services. Carbon taxes are intended to make visible the hidden social costs
Carbon_tax
2010 studio album by Carbon Based Lifeforms
duo Carbon Based Lifeforms, released in 2010. Interloper starts at track 24, indicating it is a continuation of World of Sleepers. Carbon Based Lifeforms
Interloper_(album)
Natural processes of carbon exchange
The carbon cycle is a part of the biogeochemical cycle where carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
Carbon_cycle
2003 studio album by Carbon Based Lifeforms
by Swedish ambient duo Carbon Based Lifeforms, released in 2003. All music by Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Ringström. Carbon Based Lifeforms official website
Hydroponic_Garden_(album)
2017 studio album by Carbon Based Lifeforms
the fifth studio album and ninth full-length release by Swedish duo Carbon Based Lifeforms, released on October 6, 2017. It is their first album release
Derelicts_(album)
Hot lump of slowly burning solid fuel
typically glowing, composed of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon-based material. Embers (hot coals) can exist within, remain after, or sometimes
Ember
Graphite-based composite for ultra-high temperature applications
Carbon fibre reinforced carbon (CFRC), carbon–carbon (C/C), or reinforced carbon–carbon (RCC) is a composite material consisting of carbon fiber reinforcement
Reinforced_carbon–carbon
Class of natural resources
means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption. An example is carbon-based fossil fuels. The original organic matter, with the aid of heat and pressure
Non-renewable_resource
Organism that eats mostly fruit
into three categories: nitrogen-based, carbon-based terpenes, and carbon-based phenolics. Capsaicin is a carbon-based phenolic compound only found in
Frugivore
2006 studio album by Carbon Based Lifeforms
World of Sleepers is the second studio album by Swedish ambient duo Carbon Based Lifeforms, released in 2006. World of Sleepers starts at track 12, indicating
World_of_Sleepers
Approach to carbon sequestration
chemical approach to removing carbon dioxide involving land-based or ocean-based techniques. One example of a land-based enhanced weathering technique
Enhanced_weathering
Error made by the human user of a complex system
machine gun. "(It's a) carbon based error", indicates a user problem (humans are a carbon-based life-form), as opposed to a silicon-based one. Some support
User_error
Vehicle with hydrogen internal combustion engine
engine. Pure hydrogen contains no carbon. Therefore, no carbon-based pollutants, such as carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), or hydrocarbons (HC)
Hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle
Hydrogen_internal_combustion_engine_vehicle
sovereign states and territories by per capita carbon dioxide emissions due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by European
List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita
Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems
blue carbon management fall into the category of "ocean-based biological carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods". They are a type of biological carbon fixation
Blue_carbon
Used to help answer questions about Earth's carbon cycle
Space-based measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) are used to help answer questions about Earth's carbon cycle. There are a variety of active and planned
Space-based measurements of carbon dioxide
Space-based_measurements_of_carbon_dioxide
Hypothesis about sapient life and the universe
currently observable kind of carbon-based life, none of the finely tuned phenomena require human life or some kind of carbon chauvinism. Any form of life
Anthropic_principle
Form of gas laser
The carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. It was invented by Kumar Patel of Bell Labs in 1964 and is still
Carbon-dioxide_laser
Removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide through human activity
Land-based methods include afforestation, reforestation, agricultural practices that sequester carbon in soils (carbon farming), bioenergy with carbon capture
Carbon_dioxide_removal
Toxic effects of carbon monoxide
occur in cooking equipment, motor vehicles, or heaters which use carbon-based fuels. Carbon monoxide primarily causes adverse effects by combining with hemoglobin
Carbon_monoxide_poisoning
Steel in which the main interstitial alloying constituent is carbon
Carbon steel (US) or non-alloy steel (Europe) is a steel with carbon content from about 0.05 up to 2.1 percent by weight. The definition of carbon steel
Carbon_steel
Matter composed of organic compounds
organic material or natural organic matter (NOM) is the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic
Organic_matter
Materials made only out of carbon
Carbon is capable of forming many allotropes (structurally different forms of the same element) due to its valency (tetravalent). Well-known forms of carbon
Allotropes_of_carbon
that are utilized in SALDI-MS. Namely, the carbon-based, semiconductor-based and metallic-based. The term carbon nanotube refers to a cylinder with a rolled
Surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization
Surface-assisted_laser_desorption/ionization
Topics referred to by the same term
Twentythree, a 2005 album by Tristan Prettyman Twentythree, by the band Carbon Based Lifeforms "23" (Shakira song), a song by Shakira from Shakira "23" (Chayce
23
Class of molecules
where all four valence electrons exist as unbonded lone pairs. These carbon-based compounds are of the formula CL2 where L is a strongly σ-donating ligand
Carbones
Device that measures carbon monoxide (CO)
A carbon monoxide detector or CO detector is a device which detects the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) gas, and is used to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon_monoxide_detector
Storing carbon in a carbon pool
Carbon sequestration is a natural process of storing carbon in a carbon pool. It plays a crucial role in effectively managing the global carbon cycle
Carbon_sequestration
Water filtration process
unless combined with carbon based systems. They also have application in the industrial setting to extend the life of carbon based filtration systems for
Copper_zinc_water_filtration
Swedish electronic music artist
T.S.R. in the company of Daniel Segerstad and Johannes Hedberg from Carbon Based Lifeforms. Under the moniker Solar Fields he composed 15 albums and appeared
Solar_Fields
High-capacity electrochemical capacitor
(CDC), carbon aerogel, graphite (graphene), graphane and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Carbon-based electrodes exhibit predominantly static double-layer capacitance
Supercapacitor
Field of chemistry
organometallic compounds. This field covers chemical compounds that are not carbon-based, which are the subjects of organic chemistry. The distinction between
Inorganic_chemistry
Poisonous oxygen-carbon compound
consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the simplest carbon oxide. In coordination complexes, the carbon monoxide ligand
Carbon_monoxide
Oxidizing acid mixture containing sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide
H2O2 → [H3O]+ + HSO−4 + O• The resulting oxyradicals then interact with carbon-based compounds, generating alkyl radicals while breaking C–H and C–C bonds:
Piranha_solution
Rate of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions
emissions can then be offset using carbon dioxide removal. People often use the terms net-zero emissions, carbon neutrality, and climate neutrality with
Net-zero_emissions
Type of fuel which have no net greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon-neutral fuel is fuel which produces no net-greenhouse gas emissions or carbon footprint. In practice, this usually means fuels that are made using
Carbon-neutral_fuel
Human-caused changes to climate on Earth
warming the lower atmosphere. Earth's atmosphere now has roughly 50% more carbon dioxide, the main gas driving global warming, than it did at the end of
Climate_change
American automotive oil additive
0.1–1.0%), ortho-dichlorobenzene (a softening and removing agent for carbon-based contamination on metal surfaces, 0.1–1.0%), and para-dichlorobenzene
Marvel_Mystery_Oil
of sovereign states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by the European
List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions
Matter with biological processes
elements in organisms is carbon, which has the desirable attribute of forming multiple, stable covalent bonds. This allows carbon-based (organic) molecules
Life
Light, strong and rigid composite material
Carbon fiber (or fibre)-reinforced polymers are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers. CFRPs can be expensive
Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon-fiber_reinforced_polymer
Reservoir absorbing more carbon from, than emitting to, the air
A carbon sink is a natural or artificial carbon sequestration process that "removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from
Carbon_sink
Material fibers about 5–10 μm in diameter composed of carbon
Carbon fibers or carbon fibres (alternatively CF, graphite fiber or graphite fibre) are fibers about 5 to 10 micrometers (0.00020–0.00039 in) in diameter
Carbon_fibers
Hydrocarbon compound (CH4) in natural gas
MEE-thayn) is a chemical compound that has the chemical formula CH4 (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest
Methane
Type of rechargeable flow battery
VRB cell are carbon based. Several types of carbon electrodes used in VRB cell have been reported such as carbon felt, carbon paper, carbon cloth, and graphite
Vanadium_redox_battery
Study of the toxicity of nanomaterials
that have been studied are titanium dioxide, alumina, zinc oxide, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, and buckminsterfullerene. Nanotoxicology is a sub-specialty
Nanotoxicology
alone. Inspired by flexible biological tissues, researchers incorporate carbon-based, polymeric, ceramic and/or metallic nanomaterials to give these hydrogels
Nanocomposite_hydrogels
Chemical compound
C20H20, whose carbon atoms are arranged as the vertices (corners) of a regular dodecahedron. Each carbon is bound to three neighbouring carbon atoms and to
Dodecahedrane
Class of soil organic compounds insoluble in water at high pH
Humins are carbon-based macromolecular substances, that can be found in soil chemistry or as a by-product from saccharide-based biorefinery processes.
Humin
Greenhouse gas emission market
Carbon pricing (or CO2 pricing) is a method for governments to mitigate climate change, in which a monetary cost is applied to greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon_price
American manufacturer of products to remove contaminants and odors
Calgon Carbon Corporation is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based company that manufactures and markets products that remove contaminants and odors from liquids
Calgon_Carbon
Ocean/atmosphere carbon exchange process
carbon) and organic carbon (carbon that is incorporated into molecules with carbon-carbon bonds). Part of the marine carbon cycle transforms carbon between
Oceanic_carbon_cycle
Hypothesized economic bubble involving fossil-fuel energy producers
The carbon bubble is a hypothesized bubble in the valuation of companies dependent on fossil-fuel-based energy production, resulting from future decreases
Carbon_bubble
Storage of carbon dioxide in the North Sea
Carbon storage in the North Sea (also known as carbon sequestration in the North Sea) includes programmes being run by several Northern European countries
Carbon storage in the North Sea
Carbon_storage_in_the_North_Sea
Coal product used in the process of making steel
Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content. It is made by heating coal or petroleum in the absence of air. Coke is an
Coke_(fuel)
predecessors, this device contains only carbon-based electrodes, with no metal.[citation needed] In 2014 a prototype graphene-based flexible display was demonstrated
Potential applications of graphene
Potential_applications_of_graphene
Chemical substances containing carbon
Carbon compounds are chemical substances containing carbon. More compounds of carbon exist than any other chemical element except for hydrogen. Organic
Carbon_compounds
Chemical compound
working with fullerenes, as an insecticide, and in softening and removing carbon-based contamination on metal surfaces. 1,2-Dichlorobenzene is obtained as a
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
Research of materials
field of chemistry, into organic (carbon-based) nanomaterials, such as fullerenes, and inorganic nanomaterials based on other elements, such as silicon
Materials_science
U.S.-based cybersecurity company
VMware Carbon Black (formerly Bit9, Bit9 + Carbon Black, and Carbon Black) is a cybersecurity company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company develops
VMware_Carbon_Black
Carbon crystalline nanomaterial
A carbon nanothread (also called diamond nanothread) is a sp3-bonded, one-dimensional carbon crystalline nanomaterial. The tetrahedral sp3-bonding of its
Carbon_nanothread
Poor quality of air in the capital and largest city of Mexico
sea level) and pollution getting trapped by the surrounding mountains. Carbon-based fuels also do not combust completely. Other factors include the proliferation
Air_pollution_in_Mexico_City
Transformation of atmospheric carbon between various forms
The atmospheric carbon cycle accounts for the exchange of gaseous carbon compounds, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), between Earth's atmosphere, the oceans
Atmospheric_carbon_cycle
Study of the transformations involving carbon within the systems of the Earth
The geochemistry of carbon is the study of the transformations involving the element carbon within the systems of the Earth. To a large extent this study
Geochemistry_of_carbon
Type of rechargeable battery
of Physics at CAS. HiNa's batteries are based on Na-Fe-Mn-Cu based oxide cathodes and anthracite-based carbon anode. In February 2023, the Chinese HiNA
Sodium-ion_battery
Product of incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons
common feature of the definitions is that soot is composed largely of carbon-based particles resulting from the incomplete burning of hydrocarbons or organic
Soot
Source of carbon in a biological context
A carbon source is a carbon-containing molecule that is used by an organism to synthesize biomass. Such sources may be organic or inorganic. Heterotrophs
Carbon_source_(biology)
Carbon pricing in Canada is implemented either as a regulatory fee or as a tax levied on the carbon content of fuels at the provincial, territorial, or
Carbon_pricing_in_Canada
Paper used to create digital documents
resolution (some[who?] claim a required resolution of 1,000 dpi), and carbon-based black ink. The paper can be any shape or size greater than 2 mm to a
Digital_paper
American healthcare company
Carbon Health is an American chain of primary healthcare and urgent care clinics founded in 2015 in San Francisco that also provides telemedicine. In February
Carbon_Health
Prefix in organic chemistry nomenclature
generally by identifying the parent hydrocarbon chain and assigning the carbon atoms based on their substituents in order of precedence. For example, there are
Locant
1994 studio album by the Future Sound of London
experience, as rich and detailed as the Orb's best work." The Swedish band Carbon Based Lifeforms got the idea of its name partly from this album. All tracks
Lifeforms (The Future Sound of London album)
Lifeforms_(The_Future_Sound_of_London_album)
Photographic printing process
A carbon print is a photographic print with an image consisting of pigmented gelatin, rather than of silver or other metallic particles suspended in a
Carbon_print
Hypothesis about life in the universe
properties, apparent accidents of a non-biological nature without which carbon-based and hence human life could not exist, is large and impressive." The desire
Fine-tuned_universe
Type of ceramic materials that are biocompatible
Ross A. Marino & Francisco Jose Cidral-Filho et al., "Bioceramic and carbon-based hydroponic systems, methods and devices", issued 3 August 2020 John
Bioceramic
CARBON BASED
CARBON BASED
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Norfolk named Caston, from an unattested Old English personal name Catt or the Old Norse personal name Káti + Old English tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Girl/Female
Biblical
As though understanding.
Female
English
Irish Gaelic unisex name CARLIN means "little champion."
Boy/Male
Scottish American English
Surname.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from a personal name of Gaulish origin, represented in Latin records in the form Caraunus. This name was borne by a 5th-century Breton saint who lived at Chartres and was murdered by robbers; his legend led to its widespread use as a personal name during the Middle Ages.English (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name for someone from Cairon in Calvados, France.English and French : metonymic occupational name for a carter, or possibly a cartwright, from a Norman and Picard form of Old French c(h)arron ‘cart’.There was a Caron or LeCaron, a missionary priest, in Quebec in 1615. The marriage of a Caron, of unknown origin, is recorded in Quebec in 1637.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Carleton or Carlton, from Old Norse karl ‘common man’, ‘peasant’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’ (compare Charlton 1). Places spelled Carl(e)ton (as opposed to Charlton) are in areas of Scandinavian settlement, mostly in northern England.Irish : Americanized and altered form of Carlin 1.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from Old Norman French cardon ‘thistle’ (a diminutive of carde, from Latin carduus), hence a topographic name for someone who lived on land overgrown with thistles, an occupational name for someone who carded wool (originally a process carried out with thistles and teasels), or perhaps a nickname for a prickly and unapproachable person.French : possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard.English : variant spelling of Carden, cognate with 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Carman.Altered spelling of Germann or Kormann.
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of Irish Gaelic unisex Carlin, CARLYN means "little champion."Â
Male
Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Carolus, CARLOS means "man."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Carbrey, CARBRY means "charioteer."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ciarán, CARRAN means "little black one."Â
Surname or Lastname
Spanish
Spanish : from the Marian epithet (MarÃa del) Carmen ‘Our Lady of Carmel’, a reference to Mount Carmel (meaning ‘garden’ or ‘orchard’) in the Holy Land, which was populated from early Christian times by hermits.Spanish : habitational name from any of various places in Spain named El Carmen, for example in the province of Cuenca.English : variant spelling of Carman.
Female
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Carmina, CARMEN means "song."
Female
Welsh
Welsh name, derived from the word caru, CARON means "to love." Compare with another form of Caron.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Aaron, AARRON means "light-bringer."
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Caren, CARON means "man." Compare with another form of Caron.
Male
English
English masculine variant spelling of Scottish Cameron, CAMRON means "crooked nose."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Charlton, CARLTON means "settlement of the free peasants."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Carroll, CARROL means "hacker."
CARBON BASED
CARBON BASED
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Spiritual Guide
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Diamond Like
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Soft
Girl/Female
Tamil
Krajena | கà¯à®°à®œà¯‡à®¨à®¾
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One for whom God is the Holy Place
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
The Ganges
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Rising Victory
Girl/Female
Indian
Star, Moon light
Girl/Female
English American
and Kayla, meaning: keeper of the keys; pure.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Blessing
CARBON BASED
CARBON BASED
CARBON BASED
CARBON BASED
CARBON BASED
a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
v. t.
To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.
a.
A chestnut color; maroon.
n.
The English form of the Spanish word Caon.
n.
A crayon drawing.
n. & v.
See Carom.
a.
Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
n.
See 4th Carol.
n.
A kind of type. See Canon.
v. i.
To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.
pl.
of Cannon
n.
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.
n.
See Carom.
n.
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).
n.
A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
n.
Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
v. t.
To broil. [Obs.] "We had a calf's head carboned".
n.
An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.