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Definition of Carbonous
1. Adjective. Relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon.
Partainyms: Carbon, Carbon, Carbon, Carbon
Derivative terms: Carbon, Carbonize
Definition of Carbonous
1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or containing carbon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carbonous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbonous
Literary usage of Carbonous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thermodynamics and Chemistry: A Non-mathematical Treatise for Chemists and by Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (1903)
"Dissociation of carbonous oxide, of sulphurous and hydrochloric acid gases. ...
If a current of carbonous acid gas is passed through this apparatus, ..."
2. The American homoeopathic pharmacopoeia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"Distilled water is saturated with carbonous oxide, and then diluted with an equal
part by weight of distilled water. Amount of drug power, TJ,j. ..."
3. A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical Changes of Carbon by William Odling, Sir William Crookes (1869)
"carbonous oxide, also called oxide of carbon, is a very poisonous gas. It is
supposed by many that the cases of poisoning which sometimes occur when ..."
4. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1869)
"i Oxygen f carbonous oxide. Carbonic gns is really a combination of one proportion
of carbon and two proportions of oxygen. Now there is another oxide of ..."
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