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carburet
▪ I. carburet, n. Chem. (ˈkɑːbjʊərɛt) [f. carb-on + -uret, q.v.] A compound formed by the chemical combination of carbon with another element; = carbide.1795 Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 335 A compound of iron and carbon..which in the new system is denominated a carburet of iron. 1820 Faraday Res....
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carburize
carburize (ˈkɑːbjʊəraɪz) [f. F. carbure carburet + -ize.] trans. To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; used esp. of the process of imparting carbon to wrought iron in making cement steel; also = carburet v.
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Carburetor
Etymology
The name "carburetor" is derived from the verb carburet, which means "to combine with carbon", or, in particular, "to enrich a gas by combining
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carburation
carburation (kɑːbjʊəˈreɪʃən) [f. carburet + -ation.] The process of charging air with hydrocarbon in a finely divided liquid form, the resulting gas being burnt for the production of energy.1896 B. Donkin Gas, Oil, & Air Engines (ed. 2) 11. xxi. 303 The carburation of the air takes place in the midd...
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Edmund Davy
Acetylene
In 1836, Edmund Davy discovered a gas which he recognised as "a new carburet of hydrogen."
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percarbide
percarbide Chem. (pəˈkɑːbaɪd) [f. per- 5 + carbide.] A compound containing the maximum proportion of carbon with another element. Also perˈcarburet. So perˈcarburetted a., containing or charged with a maximum of carbon, as percarburetted iron.1826 Henry Elem. Chem. I. viii. 424 This gas..termed by t...
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Acetylene
Discovery
Acetylene was discovered in 1836 by Edmund Davy, who identified it as a "new carburet of hydrogen".
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carbide
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’.c 1865 J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 308/2 The combinations of sulphur with metals are termed sulphid...
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hydrocarburet
† hydrocarburet Chem. Obs. (-ˈkɑːbjʊərət) [f. hydro- d + carburet; F. hydrocarbure.] A compound of hydrogen and carbon, a hydrocarbon; spec. carburetted hydrogen gas.1815 Henry Elem. Chem. (ed. 7) I. 371 Mixtures of hydrocarburet and oxygen gases. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 396/2 Liquid Hydrocarburet..wa...
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carbure
† carbure Obs. Chem. [a. F. carbure, f. carbon n.: see -ure.] = carburet.1790 Wedgwood in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 319 Lavoisier..mentions a carbure of zinc also, and says that both these carbures are called plumbago, or black-lead. 1799 G. Smith Laborat. I. Pref. 6 Black lead is well known to be a compou...
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duplo-
duplo- (ˈdjuːpləʊ) [L. dupl-us double.] Used in chemical nomenclature with the sense ‘double’ or ‘twofold’, as duplo-carburet, twofold carburet.1872 Watts Dict. Chem. VII. 442 Duplosulphacetone.
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plumbago
plumbago (plʌmˈbeɪgəʊ) Also 7 plumbage, 8 plombago. [a. L. plumbāgo a species of lead ore, also a plant, leadwort, fleawort (Pliny): in both senses rendering Gr. µολύβδαινα of Dioscorides, deriv. of µόλυβδος lead. For the original meaning and complicated history of the word, see note below.] † 1. Ap...
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-uret
-uret Chem., (jʊərɛt) a suffix, ad. mod.L. -urētum, -orētum, added to a stem or truncated word to form names of simple compounds of an element with another element or a radical. First used (after F. words in -ure) about 1790 in azoturet, hydruret, phosphuret, sulphuret (from azote, hydr-ogen, phosph...
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plumbagine
† plumˈbagine Obs. Also plomb-. [ad. F. plombagine (1572 in Godef.), ad. L. plumbāgo, -inem: see plumbago.] 1. See quots. (Perh. never in Eng. use.)[1611 Cotgr., Plombagine, f., pure lead turned almost into ashes by the vehemence of the fire: This is th'artificiall Plombagine, and comes of lead put ...
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carbonize
carbonize, v. (ˈkɑːbɒnaɪz) [f. carbon n. + -ize.] 1. trans. To convert into mere carbon; to reduce to charcoal or coke.1806 Hatchett in Phil. Trans. XCVI. 131 note, Caoutchouc and elastic bitumen were only superficially carbonized by the sulphuric acid. 1816 J. Laurence in Monthly Mag. XLII. 298 Dia...
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