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carbide Chem.|ˈkɑːbaɪd| [f. carb- + -ide.] A compound of carbon with an element, as hydrogen or a metal, as iron carbide; less usual than the older equivalent carburet. spec. Short for ‘calcium carbide’.
c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 308/2 The combinations of sulphur with metals are termed sulphides..of carbon, carbides. 1879Athenæum 6 Sept. 312/2 Native iron carbides of Greenland. 1879G. B. Prescott Sp. Telephone 434 Carbides of hydrogen obtained as secondary products. 1898W. E. Gibbs Lighting by Acetylene 70 Water from an elevated reservoir enters T until the carbide is reached. 1904A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist 257 Carbide lamps give a beautiful light when they are working properly. 1957P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble iv. 59 A bare room..lit by a single smelly carbide lamp. |