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Carbon compounds

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(Chem.) those compounds consisting largely of carbon, commonly produced by animals and plants, and hence called organic compounds, though their synthesis may be effected in many cases in the laboratory.
(Chem.) See under Carbon.

See also: Carbon Compound



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Leaving the complexities of the solid state physics aside and concentrating objectively, the very first thing we notice about ourselves is that we are also made up of carbon compounds i.
The second, which is closer to the chemist's definition, is "of, relating to, or containing carbon compounds.
 
 
 
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