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carbides

carbides is the plural of carbide.

Meaning of carbide

Noun

carbide (plural carbides)

  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.

Phrases with carbides

Questions about carbides

What is carbides the plural of?
Carbides is the plural of carbide.

Words near carbides in the dictionary

  1. carbide
  2. carbide lamp
  3. carbide lamps
  4. carbide planet
  5. carbide planets
  6. carbides
  7. carbidopa
  8. carbies
  9. carbimazole
  10. carbimide
  11. Carbin

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