Alternativa stavningar

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈkɑːr.bən/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.karbon
2.kömür

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.
  2. (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
  3. (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
  4. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
  5. (ecology, uncountable) Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.

Exempel

  • He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon.
  • If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.