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Webster 1913 Edition


Carboxide

Car-box′ide

,
Noun.
[
Carbon
+
oxide
.]
(Chem.)
A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical;
as, potassium
carboxide
.
Potassium carboxide
,
a grayish explosive crystalline compound,
C6O6K
, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium.