carbide

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.baɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹ.baɪd/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)baɪd Hyphenation: car‧bide === Noun === carbide (plural carbides) (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C2−2, or any of its salts. (chemistry) The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts. (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel. (chemistry) Tungsten carbide. (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cementite === Anagrams === decibar == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed internationalism. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑrˈbi.də/ Hyphenation: car‧bi‧de Rhymes: -idə === Noun === carbide n (uncountable, no diminutive) (chemistry) carbide, C22− or C4− ==== Derived terms ==== calciumcarbide ==== Related terms ==== carbid ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: karbida