different between carborundum vs carbon

English

Etymology

Blend of carbon +? corundum; originally a trade name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b????nd?m/

Noun

carborundum (uncountable)

1. Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
   • 1892, Nikola Tesla, Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency, Wildside Press LLC ?ISBN, page 73

     There is no doubt that such a button — properly prepared under great pressure — of carborundum, especially of powder of the best quality, will withstand the effect of the bombardment fully as well as anything we know.

   • 1976, M.R. Walter, Stromatolites, Elsevier ?ISBN, page 28

     This can most readily be done by use of carborundum marking. The procedure involves successive marking of the same mat with layers of carborundum at least twice.

   • 1995, Reg F. Chapman, Gerrit de Boer, Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 22

     At the same times, samples were taken to determine that the carborundum treatment did increase the amount of wear of the mandibles compared with insects on the diet without carborundum powder.

   • 2008, Gerald W. R. Ward, The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art, Oxford University Press ?ISBN, page 83

     Print made by combining carborundum—a carbon and silicon compound customarily used for polishing by abrasion—with synthetic resin or varnish (see also Prints, §III, 5).

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Carborundum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “carborundum”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

French

Noun

carborundum m (plural carborundums)

1. carborundum

Italian

Noun

carborundum m (invariable)

1. Carborundum

English

Alternative forms

• carbone (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carb?, carb?nem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: kär?b?n, IPA^(key): /?k??b?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??b?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?n

Noun

carbon (countable and uncountable, plural carbons)

2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
3. (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

4. (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
5. (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
6. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
7. (ecology, uncountable) Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.
8. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
9. A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
10. (informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

carbon (third-person singular simple present carbons, present participle carboning, simple past and past participle carboned)

1. (Internet, transitive, uncommon) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.

   Synonyms: cc, copy

See also

Further reading

• carbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carbon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• Branco, bancor, barcon, corban

Danish

Alternative forms

• karbon (rare, but now official)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k???b??n]

Noun

carbon n (singular definite carbonet, not used in plural form)

1. (chemistry) carbon

   Synonym: kulstof

Usage notes

While kul (“coal”) is never used to refer to the element of carbon, it may sometimes replace it in names of derivations, such as kuldioxid/carbondioxid, kulsyre, kulilte/carbonmonoxid.

Declension

Further reading

• “carbon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Karbon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r?b?n/
• Hyphenation: car?bon
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from French carbone, ultimately from Latin carb?. The sense “fibre-reinforced polymer” derived from English carbon.

Noun

carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

1. fibre-reinforced polymer
2. black diamond

Etymology 2

From carbonpapier.

Noun

carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

1. carbon paper

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Lavoisier, from Latin carb?, carb?nem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”). Doublet of c?rbune, inherited from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar?bon/
• Hyphenation: car?bon

Noun

carbon n (uncountable)

1. carbon (chemical element)

Declension

References

• carbon in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• càrbon

Etymology

From Latin carb?, carb?nem.

Noun

carbon m (genitive singular carboin, no plural)

1. carbon (element)

   Synonym: gualan

Derived terms

• carbon dà-ogsaid

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English carbon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?karb?n/

Noun

carbon m (uncountable)

1. carbon

Synonyms

• (obsolete) ulyfai

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “carbon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies