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decarbonization

noun
/diːkɑːbənaɪˈzeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From decarbonize + -ation or de- + carbonization.

  1. derived from *kerh₃-✻ — “to burn”
  2. derived from carbō — “charcoal, coal”
  3. borrowed from carbone
  4. suffixed as carbonize — “carbon + ize”
  5. prefixed as decarbonize — “de + carbonize”
  6. suffixed as decarbonization — “decarbonize + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of decarbonizing.

    • But we spend over $5 trillion globally on fossil fuel subsidies and these would be freed up for this task of decarbonization if we forgo fossil fuel. So cost doesn’t have to be the big issue we think it is.

  2. The process of arterialization of the blood by oxygenation and the removal of carbon…

    The process of arterialization of the blood by oxygenation and the removal of carbon dioxide in the lungs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for decarbonization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA