Decarbonise
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of decarbonize. UK, alt-of, alternative
"Interestingly, given the current focus on decarbonising the railways, back in 2007, electricity generation produced 455 grams of CO₂/kWh. At that time, this was forecast to fall to 320g/kWh by 2022."
- 2 remove carbon from (an engine) wordnet
Example
More examples"Interestingly, given the current focus on decarbonising the railways, back in 2007, electricity generation produced 455 grams of CO₂/kWh. At that time, this was forecast to fall to 320g/kWh by 2022."
Etymology
From de- + carbonise.