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What is the adjective for carbon?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs carbonate, carbonize, carbonise, carbonify and carbonitride which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

carbonated
  1. Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I drank the acidic, carbonated beverage, which compounded tiny gas bubbles in my throat that made me burp inside my mouth.”
      “If this gas is used on carbonated beers, it will result in flatness and waste.”
      “The only difference is that the water has been carbonated at a plant in East London.”
carbonian
  1. (mineralogy) Describing minerals that contain carbon
carbonaceous
  1. of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon
  2. Examples:
    1. “Known as the Ningqiang carbonaceous chondrite, the primitive meteorite is a space relic that formed shortly after the solar system's creation.”
      “If the impact object was a stony carbonaceous chondrite there would be silicates all over the impact site.”
      “The polymer moieties have a valence orbital bond to the carbonaceous particulate, such as an ionic or covalent bond.”
carbonised
  1. Alternative spelling of carbonized
  2. Examples:
    1. “Soilsamples from the site were sieved for carbonised seeds and small bones, vital clues for building up a picture of the community and its inhabitants.”
      “These include greasy shorn wool, including fleece-washed wool, shorn wool, degreased wool, carbonised wool, all neither carded nor combed.”
      “Last Tuesday Jacko carbonised a cake intended for the Elite Racing Club, while two days later James and son Tom went hungry after the latter immolated their supper.”
carbonlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of carbon.
carbonous
  1. Of, relating to, or containing carbon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The usual Xylaria has a white, sterile, central portion known as the stroma, bearing a carbonous crust.”
      “The perithecia are generally imbedded in the outer portion of the stroma, the mouths opening through the carbonous crust.”
      “The stem is slender and carbonous and bears the carbonous fruit bodies, superficial, but sessile and globose.”
carboniferous
  1. Containing or producing carbon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The dolerite of Fair Head sends off sheets along the bedding-planes of these carboniferous strata.”
      “A limestone pavement is an area of almost bare, flat rock and is arguably the most fascinating feature of any area of carboniferous limestone.”
      “They are mostly built from the same carboniferous limestone used at the castle.”
carbonic
  1. Of or relating to carbon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Initially, the ammonia and carbon dioxide reacts with water to form the weak electrolytes, ammonium hydroxide and carbonic acid.”
      “Limited evidence has been presented that elevated CO2 inhibits the transcription of genes coding for carbonic anhydrase and Rubisco activase.”
      “Finally, if ammonium carbonate is placed in water, the weak base ammonium carbonate and weak acid carbonic acid are produced.”
carbonless
  1. Without carbon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I am requesting that you consider doing an article on the health hazards of carbonless copy paper.”
      “The symptoms reported by three of approximately 15 persons in the department were thought to be caused by decollating carbonless copy paper.”
      “This form was printed on carbonless paper and filled out by the traveler upon entry.”
carbonating
  1. present participle of carbonate
carbonized
carbonizing
carbonising
carbonitrided
  1. simple past tense and past participle of carbonitride
carbonitriding
  1. present participle of carbonitride
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