Carbon vs. Coal

Carbon and Coal Definitions
Carbon
Symbol C An abundant nonmetallic element that occurs in many inorganic and in all organic compounds, exists freely in amorphous, graphite, and diamond forms and as a constituent of coal, limestone, and petroleum, and is capable of chemical self-bonding to form an enormous number of chemically, biologically, and commercially important molecules. Other significant allotropes include fullerenes and nanotubes. Atomic number 6; atomic weight 12.011; sublimation point 3,825°C; triple point 4,489°C; specific gravity of amorphous carbon 1.8 to 2.1, of diamond 3.15 to 3.53, of graphite 1.9 to 2.3; valence 2, 3, 4. See Periodic Table.
Coal
A natural dark brown to black graphitelike material used as a fuel, formed from fossilized plants and consisting of amorphous carbon with various organic and some inorganic compounds.
Carbon
A carbon-containing gas, notably carbon dioxide, or a collection of such gases, especially when considered as a contributor to the greenhouse effect
Plans for capturing and sequestering carbon produced by power plants.
Coal
A piece of this substance.
Carbon
A sheet of carbon paper.
Coal
A glowing or charred piece of solid fuel.
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Carbon
A carbon copy.
Coal
Charcoal.
Carbon
Either of two rods through which current flows to form an arc, as in lighting or welding.
Coal
To burn (a combustible solid) to a charcoal residue.
Carbon
A carbonaceous electrode in an electric cell.
Coal
To provide with coal.
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Carbon
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material. Category:en:Carbon
Coal
To take on coal.
Carbon
(countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.
Coal
(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.
Carbon
A sheet of carbon paper.
Coal
(countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
Put some coal on the fire.
Order some coal from the coalyard.
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Carbon
A carbon copy.
Coal
(countable) A piece of coal used for burning this use is less common in American English
Put some coals on the fire.
Carbon
A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
Coal
(countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
Just as the camp-fire died down to just coals, with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed.
Carbon
Carbon dioxide, in the context of climate change. Category:en:Climate change
Carbon neutral
Coal
Charcoal.
Carbon
A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
Coal
(intransitive) To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
Carbon
A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
Coal
(transitive) To supply with coal.
To coal a steamer
Carbon
(informal) carbon fiber.
Carbon bike frame
Coal
(intransitive) To be converted to charcoal.
Carbon
To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.
When I send it, I'll carbon Julia so she's aware.
Coal
(transitive) To burn to charcoal; to char.
Carbon
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
Coal
(transitive) To mark or delineate with charcoal.
Carbon
A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
Coal
A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.
Carbon
A sheet of carbon paper.
Coal
A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.
Carbon
A carbon copy.
The formation of the compounds of carbon is not dependent upon the life process.
Coal
To burn to charcoal; to char.
Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
Carbon
An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
Coal
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
Carbon
A thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
Coal
To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.
Carbon
A copy made with carbon paper
Coal
To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.
Coal
Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
Coal
A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
Coal
Burn to charcoal;
Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
Coal
Supply with coal
Coal
Take in coal;
The big ship coaled