DECARBONIZE

decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke

(verb) remove carbon from (an engine)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

decarbonize (third-person singular simple present decarbonizes, present participle decarbonizing, simple past and past participle decarbonized)

To remove carbon from something, especially from an engine; to decoke.

To reduce or replace fossil fuels by renewable energy in energy production systems and processes.

Source: Wiktionary


De*car"bon*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decarbonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Decarbonizing.]

Definition: To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron.

– Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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