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carbon dioxide-equivalent

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A unit of measure of global warming potential denoting the mass of carbon dioxide that would have the same global warming effect as that of a given mass of some other given gas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The global warming potential of twenty tons of N2O is over five kilotons CO2-eq.

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