Element
carbon

car·bon [ kahr-buhn ]
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Elements
Definitions related to carbon:
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A nonmetalic tetravalent element with symbol C, atomic number 6, and atomic weight 12.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A nonmetallic element with atomic symbol C, atomic number 6, and atomic weight [12.0096; 12.0116]. It may occur as several different allotropes including DIAMOND; CHARCOAL; and GRAPHITE; and as SOOT from incompletely burned fuel.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Common nonmetallic tetrad element with atomic symbol C, atomic number 6, and atomic weight 12.011; defining element of organic compounds.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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