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carbide
[ kahr-bahyd, -bid ]
noun
- a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- a very hard mixture of sintered carbides of various heavy metals, especially tungsten carbide, used for cutting edges and dies.
carbide
/ ˈkɑːbaɪd /
noun
- a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element See also acetylide
- See calcium 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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of carbide1
Example Sentences
He found a wife in West Virginia, got a job there for Union Carbide.
There is no America, he says, there is no democracy, there is only IBM and ITT and AT&T and Dupont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon.
Union Carbide has long claimed the blast was triggered by employee sabotage.
Still, as with BP and Anglo-American relations, the Union Carbide question is complicated in both Washington and Delhi.
The oil giant has nothing on United Fruit, Union Carbide, and other corporate rogues.
The one marking the carbide was blown away, and it was two days before Dovers finally unearthed it.
Thus far carbide has been found industrially valuable for two other purposes.
If the use of carbide on a large scale substantiates the claims made for it, this is a discovery of vast importance.
In electric furnaces the formation of carbide depends simply on the heat of the arc, which fuses the mixture of lime and coke.
With the present prices of alcohol, sugar, and carbide, these processes have no commercial value.
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