car·bo·hy·drate (kär b -h  dr t)n. Any of a group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums and serves as a major energy source in the diet of animals. These compounds are produced by photosynthetic plants and contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in the ratio 1:2:1. |
carbohydrate [ˌkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of a large group of organic compounds, including sugars, such as sucrose, and polysaccharides, such as cellulose, glycogen, and starch, that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with the general formula Cm(H2O)n: an important source of food and energy for animals
| carbohydrate (kärb-hdrt) Any of a large class of organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually with twice as many hydrogen atoms as carbon or oxygen atoms. Carbohydrates are produced in green plants by photosynthesis and serve as a major energy source in animal diets. Sugars, starches, and cellulose are all carbohydrates. |
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| Noun | 1. |  carbohydrate - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they containribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid beet sugar - sugar made from sugar beets cane sugar - sucrose obtained from sugar cane deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids invert sugar - a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics |
Translations
carbohydrate [ˌkɑːrbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt]
modif
a high-carbohydrate diet → une alimentation riche en glucides
a low-carbohydrate diet → une alimentation pauvre en glucides
car bomb n → voiture f piégée
car bombing n → attentat m à la voiture piégée
a high-carbohydrate diet → une alimentation riche en glucides
a low-carbohydrate diet → une alimentation pauvre en glucides
car bomb n → voiture f piégée
car bombing n → attentat m à la voiture piégée
n carbohydrate [kaːbəˈhaidreit]
(any of a group of) substances containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, especially the sugars and starches found in food Potatoes are full of carbohydrate. koolhidraat كابوهيدرات: هيدراتات الفحم въглехидрат uhlovodan kulhydrat das Kohlehydrat υδατάνθρακας carbohidrato süsivesik کربوهیدرات hiilihydraatti hydrate de carbone פָּחמֵימָה कार्बोहाइड्रेट ugljikohidrat szénhidrát karbohidrat sykra, kolvetni carboidrato 炭水化物 탄수화물 angliavandenis ogļhidrāts karbohidrat koolhydraat karbohydrat węglowodan carbohidrato hidrocarbonat углевод uhľohydrát ogljikov hidrat ugljeni hidrati kolhydrat คาร์โบไฮเดรต karbonhidrat 碳水化合物 вуглевод نشاستہ hydrat cacbon 碳水化合物
carbohydrate → كربوهيدرات uhlohydrát kulhydrat Kohlenhydrat υδατάνθρακας hidrato de carbono hiilihydraatti glucide ugljični hidrat carboidrato 炭水化物 탄수화물 koolhydraat karbohydrat węglowodan carboidrato, hidrato de carbono углевод kolhyrdrat คาร์โบไฮเดรท karbonhidrat hyđrat cácbon 碳水化合物
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