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decarbonize, v.|dɪˈkɑːbənaɪz|
[f. de- II. 1 + carbonize.]
a. trans. To deprive of its carbon or carbonic acid.
1825E. Turrell in Philos. Mag. LXV. 421 Engravings upon decarbonized steel plates. 1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 493/2 The liver is..the true decarbonising organ in the animal kingdom. 1876Harley Mat. Med. 197 In Bessemer's process, liquid crude iron is decarbonised by forcing air through it by machinery.
b. To remove carbon deposit from (an internal combustion engine). Also absol.
1915R. D. Price U.S. Patent 1,148,403, Decarbonizing compound... My invention relates to a compound for use in removing the carbon deposits from the cylinders of gasolene engines and like internal combustion motors... I provide a decarbonizing composition consisting of the following ingredients. 1916R. T. Nicholson Book of Ford vii. 93 Decarbonizing tools are sold, which can be inserted through the sparking-plug holes, and used to scrape the carbon out thus. Ibid., Have nothing to do with chemical decarbonizing processes. 1925Morris Owner's Manual x. 70 Materials required—for decarbonizing only—are the standard tool kit and a bottle of gold size. Ibid., The head has to be lifted to decarbonize. Ibid. 71 When decarbonizing the Morris engine. 1930Engineering 10 Jan. 44/1 This engine can be decarbonised and the valves ground in in less than an hour. 1967E. Rudinger Consumer's Car Gloss. (ed. 2) 30 Decarbonising, that is, scraping off the carbon..from the cylinder head and pistons.
Hence deˈcarbonized ppl. a., deˈcarbonizing vbl. n. and ppl. a. (see above). |