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Karbon — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carboniferous adj Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.

Senses

Karbon is used for these senses in English:

  • Carboniferous (geology) the Carboniferous period
  • carbon fiber Ellipsis of carbon fiber reinforced polymer/plastic, a type of strong and lightweight composite material, especially epoxied composite laminate.

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