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The act or process of carbonizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carbonation
Antonyms: none provided
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carbonisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destructive distillation
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English carbonization From carbon + -ization.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
овъгляване
(ovǎgljavane)
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Chinese Cantonese:
碳化
(taan3 faa3)
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Chinese:
碳化
(thòan-hòa)
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Chinese Mandarin:
碳化
(tànhuà)
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Galician:
carbonización
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Greek:
ανθράκωση
(anthrákosi)
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Italian:
carbonizzazione
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Japanese:
炭化
(tanka)
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Japanese:
炭素転化
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Korean:
탄화
(tanhwa)
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Malay:
pengkarbonan
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Malay:
karbonisasi
— the act or process of carbonizing
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Polish:
karbonizacja
— the act or process of carbonizing