| calcium carbide | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. calcium carbide | a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene. |
| ~ binary compound | chemical compound composed of only two elements. |
| ~ carbide | a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element. |
| carbide | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. carbide | a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element. |
| ~ calcium carbide | a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene. |
| ~ inorganic compound | any compound that does not contain carbon. |
| ~ silicon carbide | an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material; crystals of silicon carbide can be used as semiconductors. |
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