Carbonation
saturation with carbon dioxide, as in making soda water.
reaction with carbon dioxide to remove lime, as in sugar refining.
carbonization.
noun
absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
another word for carbonization See carbonization
n.
1881, from carbonic acid, an old name for carbon dioxide (see carbonate (n.)) + -ation.
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