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dioxide - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A compound with two oxygen atoms per molecule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete, obsolete An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide.
- noun obsolete An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide.
- noun See Carbonic acid, under
Carbonic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any
oxide containing twooxygen atoms in eachmolecule .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From di- + oxide.
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Carbon dioxide (CO2): Carbon dioxide is probably the best-known greenhouse gas.
Prevention of Global Warming: Understanding The Main Causes 2009
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While the data doesn't itself disprove that carbon dioxide is acting to warm the planet, it does demonstrate clearly that more powerful factors are now cooling it.
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Carbon dioxide is a harmless gas – when it exists in the correct proportions.
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I urge you all to get one of those, and you will see how much carbon dioxide is in your area real quick.
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As a matter of fact, carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful!
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Carbon dioxide is greenhouse gas, and if you put more of it in the atmosphere, then all else equal the Earth will get warmer.
Wonk Room » Jim Manzi, Ross Douthat’s ‘Kick-Ass’ Global Warming Guru Has His Head In The Sand 2009
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The YeZ is a concept car designed to photosynthesize carbon dioxide from the air, much like a plant.
YeZ: Eco-Friendly Car that Acts Like a Plant | Impact Lab 2010
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Any further increases of CO2 in the atmosphere will have minimal, if not negligible, effects on the temperature (see "Carbon dioxide is already absorbing almost all it can").
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And carbon dioxide is the predominant greenhouse gas.
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Yes, carbon dioxide is such a wonderful thing to have in our atmosphere, that we humans have to BREATH IT OUT because it is poisonous.
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