Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical.
- noun a grayish explosive crystalline compound, C6O6K, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium.
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- noun organic chemistry A
compound ofcarbon andoxygen , such ascarbonyl , with someelement orradical .
Etymologies
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Blend of carbon and oxide
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Examples
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I had in front of me some of the finest destructive agents you could wish to light upon -- carbon-monoxide, chlorine-trioxide, mercuric-oxide, conine, potassamide, potassium-carboxide, cyanogen -- when Edwards entered.
The Beetle Richard Marsh
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