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11Carbon cycle — The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.The cycle is usually thought of as four major reservoirs of carbon interconnected by… …
12Carbon (API) — Infobox software name = Carbon developer = Apple Inc. latest release version = latest release date = latest preview version = latest preview date = programming language = operating system = Mac OS X genre = Widget toolkit license = Proprietary… …
13Carbon microphone — The carbon microphone, also known as a carbon button microphone (or sometimes just a button microphone) or a carbon transmitter, is a sound to electrical signal transducer consisting of two metal plates separated by granules of carbon. One plate… …
14carbon dioxide — a colorless, odorless, incombustible gas, CO2, present in the atmosphere and formed during respiration, usually obtained from coal, coke, or natural gas by combustion, from carbohydrates by fermentation, by reaction of acid with limestone or… …
15Carbon Reduction Commitment — The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a proposed mandatory cap and trade scheme in the United Kingdom that will apply to large non energy intensive organisations in the public and private sectors. It is anticipated that the scheme will have… …
16Carbon, Iowa — Infobox Settlement official name = Carbon, Iowa settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Carbon, Iowa mapsize1 = map caption1 =… …
17carbon cycle — /ˈkabən saɪkəl/ (say kahbuhn suykuhl) noun 1. Biology the circulation on earth of carbon atoms, from the atmosphere through plants and animals back into the atmosphere. 2. Astrophysics a cycle of nuclear transformations, with the release of… …
18carbon cycle — noun 1. the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again • Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process 2. a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars • Hypernyms: ↑thermonuclear reaction * * * ˈcarbon …
19carbon — [18] The notion underlying carbon is probably that of ‘burning’; it has been tentatively traced back to a base *kar ‘fire’. The word’s immediate source was French carbone, coined in the 1780s on the basis of Latin carbō ‘coal, charcoal’… …
20carbon — [18] The notion underlying carbon is probably that of ‘burning’; it has been tentatively traced back to a base *kar ‘fire’. The word’s immediate source was French carbone, coined in the 1780s on the basis of Latin carbō ‘coal, charcoal’… …
