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carbon-based

carbon-based adjective: based on organic biopolymers.

Adjective

carbon-based

  1. Based on organic biopolymers.
    • carbon-based life

Questions about carbon-based

What does carbon-based mean?
Carbon-based means based on organic biopolymers.
What part of speech is carbon-based?
Carbon-based is an adjective.

Words near carbon-based in the dictionary

  1. carbon transmitters
  2. carbon-12
  3. carbon-13
  4. carbon-13 NMR
  5. carbon-14
  6. carbon-based
  7. carbon-carbon bond
  8. carbon-carbon bonds
  9. carbon-copy
  10. carbon-date
  11. carbon-dated

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