carbon dioxide-equivalent
A unit of measure of global warming potential denoting the mass of carbon dioxide that…A unit of measure of global warming potential denoting the mass of carbon dioxide that would have the same global warming effect as that of a given mass of some other given gas.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A unit of measure of global warming potential denoting the mass of carbon dioxide that would have the same global warming effect as that of a given mass of some other given gas.
The global warming potential of twenty tons of N₂O is over five kilotons CO₂-eq.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable