carbide

[ kahr-bahyd, -bid ]

/ ˈkɑr baɪd, -bɪd /

noun

a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.

calcium carbide.

a very hard mixture of sintered carbides of various heavy metals, especially tungsten carbide, used for cutting edges and dies.

Origin of carbide

First recorded in 1860–65; carb- + -ide

Words nearby carbide

car bed, carbeen, carbene, carbenicillin, carbenicillin disodium, carbide, carbidopa, carbimazole, carbine, carbineer, carbinol

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Example sentences from the Web for carbide

Three causes work together to prevent this heat being dissipated through the walls of the carbide vessel with sufficient rapidity.
Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use|F. H. Leeds
In a house in which there were twenty burners, the tanks were filled with water and carbide but once a fortnight.
General Science|Bertha M. Clark
He had put a veranda of boughs to the front of it, and had washed the roof and walls with carbide to lessen the heat in summer.
The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah Prichard
Nitrates of cerium have been described, as have also phosphates, carbonates and a carbide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various

The carbide must be completely decomposed in the apparatus so that no acetylene can be evolved from the residue.
Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use|F. H. Leeds

British Dictionary definitions for carbide

carbide

/ (ˈkɑːbaɪd) /

noun

a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive elementSee also acetylide

See calcium carbide

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Scientific definitions for carbide

carbide

[ kär′bīd′ ]

A chemical compound consisting of carbon and a more electropositive element, such as calcium or tungsten. Many carbides, especially those made of carbon and a metal, are very hard and are used to make cutting tools and abrasives.

单词	carbide
释义	carbide [ kahr-bahyd, -bid ] / ˈkɑr baɪd, -bɪd / noun a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group. calcium carbide. a very hard mixture of sintered carbides of various heavy metals, especially tungsten carbide, used for cutting edges and dies. Origin of carbide First recorded in 1860–65; carb- + -ide Words nearby carbide car bed, carbeen, carbene, carbenicillin, carbenicillin disodium, carbide, carbidopa, carbimazole, carbine, carbineer, carbinol Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for carbide Three causes work together to prevent this heat being dissipated through the walls of the carbide vessel with sufficient rapidity. Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use\|F. H. Leeds In a house in which there were twenty burners, the tanks were filled with water and carbide but once a fortnight. General Science\|Bertha M. Clark He had put a veranda of boughs to the front of it, and had washed the roof and walls with carbide to lessen the heat in summer. The Black Opal\|Katharine Susannah Prichard Nitrates of cerium have been described, as have also phosphates, carbonates and a carbide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7\|Various The carbide must be completely decomposed in the apparatus so that no acetylene can be evolved from the residue. Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use\|F. H. Leeds British Dictionary definitions for carbide carbide / (ˈkɑːbaɪd) / noun a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive elementSee also acetylide See calcium carbide Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for carbide carbide [ kär′bīd′ ] A chemical compound consisting of carbon and a more electropositive element, such as calcium or tungsten. Many carbides, especially those made of carbon and a metal, are very hard and are used to make cutting tools and abrasives. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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