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carbon Definition
carbonnoun 1. (symbol C, atomic number 6) a non-metallic element that occurs in various pure amorphous (sense 2) forms, such as coal, coke and charcoal, and as two crystalline allotropes, namely diamond and graphite.
2. A sheet of carbon paper.
3. A carbon copy.
Etymology: 18c: from French
carbone, from Latin
carbo charcoal.