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Webster 1913 Edition


Decarbonize

De-car′bon-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Decarbonized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Decarbonizing
.]
To deprive of carbon;
as, to
decarbonize
steel; to
decarbonize
the blood.
Decarbonized iron
.
Decarbonized steel
,
homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decarbonize

DEC'ARBONIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel.

DEC'ARBONIZE

D,
pp.
Deprived of carbon.
DEC'ARBONIZING, ppr. Depriving of carbon.
DEC'ASTICH, n. [Gr. ten and a verse.] A poem consisting of ten lines.
DEC'ASTYLE, n. [Gr. ten and a column.] A building with an ordnance of ten columns in front.
DECA'Y, v.i. [Fr. dechoir, from L. de and cado, to fall, or decedo.]

Definition 2024


decarbonize

decarbonize

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Verb

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

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