decarbonize
To remove carbon from somethingTo remove carbon from something.: To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
» Algeria needs to decarbonize its electricity system.
Meaning
3 sensesTo remove carbon from something.
(transitive)To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
During the overhaul, the cylinder heads were found to be reusable, as long as they got a good cleaning to decarbonize the valve seat areas.
dekarbonisieren
(transitive)To remove carbon content from iron or steel, either intentionally or accidentally, as by (for example) overheating steel in the presence of air, destroying its former temper and hardness.
A blast furnace decarbonizes iron enough that it can be used as input to a steelmaking furnace.
Repeatedly scorching a case-hardened tool will ruin the case by decarbonizing it.
(intransitive, transitive)To reduce or replace fossil fuels by renewable energy in energy production and distribution systems.
Efforts to decarbonize the automotive fleet are challenging, but no one wants nightmare-grade climate change, either.
Efforts to decarbonize have been facing some challenges lately.
- remove carbon from (an engine)
Examples
1 sentencesAlgeria needs to decarbonize its electricity system.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
decarbonizes, decarbonizing, decarbonized, decarbonized| Base form | decarbonize · to decarbonize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | decarbonizes |
| Present participle | decarbonizing |
| Past simple | decarbonized |
| Past participle | decarbonized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonyms- remove carbon from (an engine):decarbonisedecarburizedecarburisedecoke
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle