Definition of Carbon tet

1. Noun. A colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined.


Definition of Carbon tet

1. Noun. (informal) carbon tetrachloride ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Tet

carbon print
carbon printing
carbon prints
carbon process
carbon radioisotopes
carbon resistor
carbon sequestering
carbon sequestration
carbon source
carbon star
carbon stars
carbon steel
carbon subnitride
carbon suboxide
carbon tax
carbon tet (current term)
carbon tetrabromide
carbon tetrachloride
carbon tetrafluoride
carbon tetrahalide
carbon tetraiodide
carbon trade
carbon trading
carbon transmitter
carbonaceous
carbonaceous chondrite
carbonade
carbonades
carbonado
carbonadoed

Literary usage of Carbon tet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies from the Chemical Laboratory of the Sheffield Scientific School by H. L. Wells (1901)
"These seemed to leave little doubt of the purity of the substance, but, on crystallizing from carbon tet- ..."

2. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"Foster found heat ¡ind hydrocyanic acid t lie best a_r<'iits where the work was to be done on an extensive scale. For small operations, carbon tet ..."

3. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"... consisting essentially of saltpetre, sulphur, pitch, borax and glue, and the "BM" mixture, consisting essentially of powdered zinc, carbon tet- ..."

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