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carbon paper

carbon paper noun: paper with one of the faces impregnated with carbon, used to make carbon copies.

carbon paper: paper with one of the faces impregnated with carbon, used to make carbon copies
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Noun

carbon paper (countable and uncountable, plural carbon papers)

  1. Paper with one of the faces impregnated with carbon, used to make carbon copies.

carbon paper meaning in Tamil, Malay, Persian and Myanmar

carbon paper in Tamil

படிவத் தாள், மைப்படி தாள், கரித் தாள், கார்பன் தாள், படியெடுக்க உதவும் மெல்லிய தாள்

carbon paper in Malay

paper used to make carbon copies
kertas karbon

carbon paper in Persian

paper used to make carbon copies
کاغذ کاربن kâġaz-e kârbon

carbon paper in Myanmar

paper used to make carbon copies
မင်ခံစက္ကူ manghkamcakku

Forms of carbon paper

pluralcarbon papers
alternative form (archaic)carbonic paper

Questions about carbon paper

What does carbon paper mean?
Carbon paper means paper with one of the faces impregnated with carbon, used to make carbon copies.
What is carbon paper in Tamil?
Carbon paper in Tamil is படிவத் தாள், மைப்படி தாள், கரித் தாள். See Carbon paper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carbon paper?
Carbon paper is a noun.
What is the plural of carbon paper?
The plural of carbon paper is carbon papers.

Words near carbon paper in the dictionary

  1. carbon oxide
  2. carbon oxides
  3. carbon oxychloride
  4. carbon oxysulfide
  5. carbon oxysulphide
  6. carbon paper
  7. carbon papers
  8. carbon planet
  9. carbon planets
  10. carbon print
  11. carbon printing

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