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carbonization

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. 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.

  1. derived from *kerh₃-✻ — “to burn”
  2. derived from carbō — “charcoal, coal”
  3. borrowed from carbone
  4. suffixed as carbonization — “carbon + ization”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of carbonizing.

    • The disadvantage of the underfired grill is the potential for flareups, which can cause a burned spot or carbonization. Not only do these taste bad, but they are also carcinogenic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at carbonization. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at carbonization. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at carbonization

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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