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carbide
noun(car-bide)a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element; especially : calcium carbide
carbide
noun(car-bide)a very hard material made of carbon and one or more heavy metals
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noun(car-bide)a refractory shiny black crystalline compound B4C that is one of the hardest known materials and is used especially in abrasives and as a structural reinforcing material
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noun(car-bide)a usually dark gray crystalline compound CaC2 used especially for the generation of acetylene and for making calcium cyanamide
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noun(car-bide)a very hard dark crystalline compound SiC of silicon and carbon that is used as an abrasive and as a refractory and in electric resistors