carbon
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈkɑːrbən/
- Archaic
:
copia carbónica
- The weather for today, as promised, is a carbon copy of yesterday's, low overcast this morning, clearing by 11:00.
- carbon copy
You want to try and become your own man rather than I don't want to be a carbon copy of.
- You want to try and become your own man rather than I don't want to be a carbon copy of.
- And a lot of investing by VCs, are they looking for carbon copies of businesses they've invested in in the past?
Examples
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And he calls the secretary and, and has her retype my proposal using carbon paper on that onion skin paper.
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Beneath the form is a piece of carbon paper, and beneath that, another form copy, which Jerry periodically checks.
Fiction book (1996) -
Is Love on the Brain a carbon copy of the Love Hypothesis?
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Plus, until I read this, I never got the carbon copy part of the icon, so thanks.
Blog text (18) -
I'm the carbon copy you read when you can't find the original.
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A week later, I found the carbon copy of our math test in one of the school's wastepaper bins.
Fiction book (1992) -
The "new" Cuban Foreign Investment Law is almost a carbon copy of the old one, and it sheds.
Academic text (2016) -
I am holding a carbon copy of the affidavit of insanity... that was issued in the case of The State of California versus Christine Collins.
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Emitting a soft laugh, the man turned and ripped off a pink carbon copy of the form he'd been filling out.
Fiction book (2000) -
I made a carbon copy of the report so everyone would receive the same information.
Synonyms
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3.0
A copy of a paper made at the same time as the original
Compounds
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2.3
A colorless gas without smell that people and cars make and plants use to make oxygen
- Specialized
37
3.6
A colorless, odorless gas that is very poisonous and comes from burning fuels without enough air
- Specialized
8
3.7
An illness that happens when carbon monoxide gas reduces the oxygen your body gets
- Specialized
5
3.8
A way to find the age of old bones, wood, or cloth by measuring carbon-14
- Specialized
4
6.9
A very small hollow cylinder made of carbon atoms that is very strong and conducts electricity
- Specialized
4
3.0
An atom with six protons and six electrons that is the main part of many molecules in living things
- Specialized
3
4.9
A radioactive type of carbon used to find how old dead plants and animals are
- Archaic
2
2.7
A thin sheet coated with dark wax that makes a copy when placed between papers
- Specialized
2
3.5
A strong, hard metal made by adding carbon to iron for tools and knives
- Specialized
1
3.9
A way to find how old something that used to live is by measuring its radioactive carbon
- Archaic
1
7.7
Electricity between two carbon rods makes very bright light and strong heat
- Specialized
1
4.1
A form of carbon with many tiny holes used to trap impurities from air, water, or the body
- Archaic
An electric lamp that makes very bright light by an arc of electricity between two carbon rods
- Specialized
When the lungs cannot remove carbon dioxide, too much builds up in the blood and makes it acidic
- Specialized
A poisonous clear liquid that easily catches fire and dissolves rubber used to make rayon and cellophane
- Specialized
A type of atom like carbon, silicon, tin, or lead found in Group 14 of the periodic table
- Archaic
A colorless liquid once used to clean things that is poisonous and now rarely used
- Archaic
A colorless toxic liquid once used to clean things or put out fires, now avoided because it harms the body
- Specialized
A molecule that has one carbon atom and four atoms like fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carbon for a copy gets its name from the dark material used on early carbon paper, which left a black mark to make a duplicate. So a 'carbon' is an extra copy of a written or typed document.