Carbonic

//kɑɹˈbɒnɪk// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to carbon. not-comparable

    "[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon wordnet

Synonyms

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carbonaceouscarbonaceouscarboniferouscarbonous

Example

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"Carbonic acid is a product of many chemical reactions."

Etymology

From carbon + -ic.

Related phrases

carbonic acidcarbonic anhydrasecarbonic anhydridecarbonic oxidecarbonic papercarbonic snowchlorocarbonic acidsulfato-carbonatesulfocarbonic acidsulpho-carbonatesulphocarbonic acid

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