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carburet.

A carbide.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A carbide.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Coined in 1788 by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation and partial calque of French carbure, with the original (noun) sense displaced by carbide during the mid-19th century. By surface analysis, carbon + -uret.

verb
  1. To react with carbon.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To enrich an illuminating gas with carbon-rich fuel.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To mix air with hydrocarbons, especially with petroleum, as in an internal combustion engine.

    transitive
  4. To equip with a carburetor.

    transitive
    Later models were fuel-injected, but the earliest ones were carbureted.
Where this word comes from

Coined in 1788 by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation and partial calque of French carbure, with the original (noun) sense displaced by carbide during the mid-19th century. By surface analysis, carbon + -uret.

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