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Definition of Carbide
1. Noun. A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element.
Definition of Carbide
1. n. A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.
Definition of Carbide
1. Noun. (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts. ¹
3. Noun. (chemistry) The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts. ¹
4. Noun. (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel. ¹
5. Noun. (chemistry) Tungsten carbide. ¹
6. Noun. (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carbide
1. a carbon compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Carbide
1. A compound of carbon with an element more electropositive than itself; e.g., CaC2, calcium carbide. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbide
Literary usage of Carbide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It is found that the ingot of calcium carbide formed in the furnace, although
itself consisting -1 pun crystalline calcium carbide, is nearly always ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The committee classified the generators into three groups : (1) those in which
the gas is generated by water being allowed to drip or flow on to the carbide ..."
3. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"The domestic demand for carbide was very large during 1898 and in the latter part
of the year the Union carbide Co. refused to make any quotations on the ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"And June 18, 1895, is the date of the first patent by TL Willson in which the
report specifies the production of carbide of calcium. ..."
5. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1903)
"THE only well-recognised carbide of iron which has been JT~« covered from specimens
of commercial iron or steel is that whi*=^ was first described by Sir F. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"practicable only ¡a 1892, when Moissan in France, and TL Willson at Spray, showed
that it was possible to make calcium carbide on a commercial seale in the ..."
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