carbide

[ kahr-bahyd, -bid ]

/ ˈkɑr baɪd, -bɪd /

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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.

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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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How to use carbide in a sentence

He found a wife in West Virginia, got a job there for Union Carbide.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
Infamous One Percenters from Pop Culture|Alan Glynn|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Union Carbide has long claimed the blast was triggered by employee sabotage.
The Haunted CEO|Allan Dodds Frank|July 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Still, as with BP and Anglo-American relations, the Union Carbide question is complicated in both Washington and Delhi.
The Haunted CEO|Allan Dodds Frank|July 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The oil giant has nothing on United Fruit, Union Carbide, and other corporate rogues.
History's 13 Most Hated Companies|The Daily Beast|June 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The one marking the carbide was blown away, and it was two days before Dovers finally unearthed it.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Thus far carbide has been found industrially valuable for two other purposes.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
If the use of carbide on a large scale substantiates the claims made for it, this is a discovery of vast importance.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
In electric furnaces the formation of carbide depends simply on the heat of the arc, which fuses the mixture of lime and coke.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
With the present prices of alcohol, sugar, and carbide, these processes have no commercial value.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various

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.