Carbonic-acid gas
carbon dioxide.
Historical Examples
Plants take in carbonic-acid gas through their leaves, and send the oxygen back into the air ready for us to use again.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene J.H. Kellogg
This is carbonic-acid gas, which is a poison and will destroy life.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene J.H. Kellogg
There are two reasons then why we breathe: (a) to obtain oxygen; (b) to get rid of carbonic-acid gas.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene J.H. Kellogg
Here it combines with the carbonic-acid gas taken from the air.
The School Book of Forestry Charles Lathrop Pack
The “Valley of Death,” in the island of Java, is simply the crater of an extinct volcano, filled with carbonic-acid gas.
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus
Then, after due consideration, it was decided to make the test with carbonic-acid gas instead.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
What would have escaped up a chimney as carbonic-acid gas is confined here as a solid, and fire can yet liberate it.
Trees Worth Knowing Julia Ellen Rogers
At the first inception of the idea, it seemed that carbonic-acid gas would be the motive power best adapted for short flights.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
Thus in the insects oxygen and carbonic-acid gas are not carried by the blood but by special air-tubes.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition Vernon L. Kellogg
There was a good deal of carbonic-acid gas on Jupiter, but that would hardly confuse our senses.
A Journey in Other Worlds John Jacob Astor
noun
another name for carbon dioxide
Read Also:
- Carbonic-anhydrase
an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible combination of carbon dioxide with water in red blood cells. noun an enzyme in blood cells that catalyses the decomposition of carbonic acid into carbon dioxide and water, facilitating the transport of carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
- Carbonic-anhydride
a colorless, odorless, incombustible gas, CO 2 , present in the atmosphere and formed during respiration, usually obtained from coal, coke, or natural gas by combustion, from carbohydrates by fermentation, by reaction of acid with limestone or other carbonates, or naturally from springs: used extensively in industry as dry ice, or carbon dioxide snow, in […]
- Carboniferous
noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, including the Pennsylvanian and Mississippian periods as epochs, occurring from 345 million to 280 million years ago. (lowercase) producing carbon or coal. the Carboniferous Period or System. Historical Examples At the close of Carboniferous times a marked change took place in the nature of the […]
- Carbonize
to char (organic matter) until it forms carbon. to coat or enrich with carbon. to become carbonized. Historical Examples The material began to carbonize at a temperature of 140° to 150°. Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) William Anderson Syme To carbonize wood under a movable covering, the plan of meiler, or […]
- Carbonium
carbonium carbonium car·bo·ni·um (kär-bō’nē-əm) n. An organic cation having one less electron than a corresponding free radical and with positive charge localized on the carbon atom.