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Noun:

  • chemistry A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
  • chemistry Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
  • chemistry The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.
  • chemistry The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts.
  • chemistry Tungsten carbide.
  • cycling trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

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