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Meanings of carbon paper in English

Portuguese
papel químico
Catalan
paper carbó

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.

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Examples for "carbon"
Examples for "carbon"
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Uncertainty over future carbon costs, and therefore power prices, clouds investment plans.
Reuters
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Power companies hope the technique can help them avoid higher carbon emissions.
Reuters
3
The challenge occurred if countries wanted to join an international carbon market.
Reuters
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His report also advocated harmonizing laws across Europe for the carbon industry.
Reuters
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Looking beyond just capturing carbon from power plants would help, he said.
The Guardian
Usage of carbon paper in English
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Trace the design and outline upon the metal, using the carbon paper.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
2
She dropped the bill and the carbon paper on Ruolan's cot.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
3
With this same carbon paper transfer the design to the metal.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
4
If you needed just a few copies of a document, you used carbon paper.
Wired
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He didn't even know where she kept the carbon paper.
Ladder of years: a novel
6
Holding up the papers, I see that they have been typed on carbon paper.
The kommandant's girl
7
She waved a bit of carbon paper in the air.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
8
Left alone, he got together pens, ink, and carbon paper.
Long Live the King!
9
The sheet of carbon paper he crumpled into a ball and tossed into the waste-basket.
Half a Rogue
10
With carbon paper trace the design on the brass.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
11
He was worrying as to whether Miss McGoun wasn't paying too much for carbon paper.
Babbitt
12
Also, notice the carbon paper on the floor.
Wired
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With carbon paper trace these on the metal.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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Extracting from another pocket a tiny pair of scissors and a sheet of carbon paper, Mr.
Heart of the Sunset
15
Had he used carbon paper for everything?
A change in altitude
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But there is one British firm still manufacturing carbon paper - York Haven in the West Midlands.
BBC
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