Definition of Decarbonise

1. Verb. Remove carbon from (an engine).

Exact synonyms: Decarbonize, Decarburise, Decarburize, Decoke
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw

Definition of Decarbonise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of decarbonize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decarbonise

decapsulating
decapsulation
decapsulations
decarb
decarbazine
decarbed
decarbing
decarbonate
decarbonated
decarbonates
decarbonating
decarbonation
decarbonations
decarbonatization
decarbonatizations
decarbonise (current term)
decarbonised
decarbonises
decarbonising
decarbonization
decarbonizations
decarbonize
decarbonized
decarbonizer
decarbonizers
decarbonizes
decarbonizing
decarbonylase
decarbonylate
decarbonylated

Literary usage of Decarbonise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"It has been found beneficial to let the metal decarbonise to an extent slightly below the desired degree of carbonisation of the steel or homogeneous iron, ..."

2. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1858)
"In the manufacture of steel by the puddling process, the object is to decarbonise the crude iron acted upon, and this is attained by allowing it to remain ..."

3. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1867)
"All these operations tend to decarbonise the metal to a certain extent ; the mass begins to thicken, and at length becomes solid. ..."

4. The Metropolitan (1844)
"... air with its vital principles so diminished that it cannot decarbonise the blood, nor fully excite the nervous system. Hence, shop- keepers are paie, ..."

5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1885)
"... and scrap steel are used in the Siemens furnace to decarbonise melted hematite pig, which is afterwards treated with manganese and converted into steel. ..."

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