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CARBIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carbide" is a kind of...):
inorganic compound (any compound that does not contain carbon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carbide"):
calcium carbide (a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene)
silicon carbide (an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material; crystals of silicon carbide can be used as semiconductors)
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