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Carbide | Encyclopedia
car·bide / ˈkärˌbīd / • n. Chem. a binary compound of carbon with an element of lower or comparable electronegativity. ∎ calcium carbide (CaC2 ), used to generate acetylene by reaction with water and formerly used in portable lamps: [as adj.] a carbide lamp. The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English carbide views 1,635,900 updated May 23 2018