Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc. See
carbonization , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
carbonization .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK Alternative spelling of
carbonization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
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Examples
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However, there remained a need for conventional energy, along with progressive de-carbonisation, to meet the growing demand in the developing world.
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· Tar is the thick black substance produced by the destructive distillation (or carbonisation) of organic matter, such as wood or coal.
Chapter 4 1988
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Pauly A bright yellow-brown colouration, without carbonisation.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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Every care is taken that the still does not become overheated; this precaution not only prevents loss of glycerine through carbonisation, but also obviates the production of tarry and other bodies which might affect the colour, taste, and odour of the distilled glycerine.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The carbonisation is effected in the following manner: --
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It has also been told that carbonisation happened over a four-hour period, 24 hours a day, whereas at other plants one cycle was carried out in a 24 hour period.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The question is, indeed, not very easy to answer; but I conceive that the general carbonisation of calcareous matter may have been the effect of a general combustion, occasioned by some revolution of our globe, and producing an immense supply of carbonic acid, with which the calcareous matter became impregnated; or that this may have been effected by a gradual absorption of carbonic acid from the atmosphere.
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The plant includes polymerisation, wet spinning and carbonisation and has an initial capacity of 400 tonnes a year.
VCCircle News 2010
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The plant includes polymerisation, wet spinning and carbonisation and has an initial capacity of 400 tonnes a year.
VCCircle News 2010
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Many of the nations that are putting their faith in strong de-carbonisation and green growth national plans - such as the Maldives, Costa Rica, Mexico, South Korea, Brazil, the EU and others - now need to make a common cause.
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