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Definition: Carbonic Acid |
Carbonic AcidNoun1. A weak acid known only in solution; formed when carbon dioxide combines with water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geological | A mild acid formed when water and carbon dioxide chemically combine in the atmosphere and soil.This acid is a very important component in the development of cave decorations (speleothems). (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane. |
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Crosswords: Carbonic Acid |
| English words defined with "carbonic acid": After damp, Alcoholic fermentation, Anthracometer, Arterialization ♦ bicarbonate ♦ carbon dioxide acidosis, Carbonatation, carbonate, Choke damp, Cretaceous acid ♦ Decarbonate ♦ Fire annihilator, Fixed air, formic acid ♦ Gas generator ♦ Holophytic nutrition, hydrogen carbonate, Hypercarbureted ♦ Kynurenic ♦ Metasilicic acid, Mytilotoxine ♦ Orthocarbonic ♦ respiratory acidosis ♦ sal soda, Selters water, soda, soda ash, soda water, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, Sulphocarbonic ♦ Urea ferment ♦ washing soda. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "carbonic acid": Arated Bread, Arated Water ♦ carbonates ♦ dead air ♦ Grotta del Cane. (references) |
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 | Anemometer, thermometer, current drag, sextant, and carbonic acid apparatus. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. xxxi. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 4. - The carbonic acid apparatus. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 40. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 58. Classen device for the measurement of carbon dioxide in sea water. The German chemist Alexander Classen elaborated on the use of this device in 1876. The work of Wilhelm Borchers in 1878 on the determination of carbonic acid in mineral water that led to the use of this instrument. After improvement , it was used by Hercules Tornoe on the Norwegian North Atlantic expedition. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ||
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Expressions using "carbonic acid": carbonic acid gas ♦ carbonic acid gas(CO2). Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carbonic acid | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "carbonic acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | CO2 (carbon dioxide, CO2), carbondioxid (carbon dioxide, CO2), kulsyre (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2)), H2CO3. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | CO2 (carbon dioxide, CO 2, CO2), koolzuuranhydride (carbon dioxide, CO2), koolzuur (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2), CO2), kooldioxyde (carbon dioxide, CO 2, CO2), H2CO3. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hiilihappo (carbon dioxide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | CO3H2, CO2 (carbon dioxide), gaz carbonique (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2)), bioxyde de carbone (carbon dioxide), anhydride carbonique (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2)), acide carbonique (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kohlensäure (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2), E 290, H2CO3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανθρακικό οξύ (acid carbonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szénsavgáz (carbonic acid gas), szén-dioxid (carbonic acid gas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acido carbonico (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2), E 290, H2CO3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 炭酸 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | た"さ" (industrial union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soorid geayl, sharroo carboanagh, geayr carboanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arboniccay aciday gás carbónico (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2), CO2, E 290), bióxido de carbono (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2), CO2, E 290), anidrido carbónico (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2), CO2, E 290), ácido carbónico CO2 (carbon dioxide, CO2), ácido carbónico, ácido carbônico. (various references) угольная кислота. (various references) ácido carbónico (H2CO3). (various references) kolsyra (carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas(CO2), E 290). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-c-d-i-i-n-o-r" | |
-3 letters: carcinoid, circadian. | |
-4 letters: braconid, brainiac, cancroid, carbonic, coccidia, draconic. | |
-5 letters: acaroid, accidia, acronic, bandora, boracic, carabid, carabin, cardiac, carioca, ciboria, conidia, corbina, cricoid, crinoid, inboard, ocarina. | |
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