decarbonizationn.
a. The action or process of decarbonizing.
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1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 276 To subject the cast steel..to the process of decarbonisation.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 428/2 Blood rendered black by defective decarbonization.
b. Removal of carbon deposit from inside an internal combustion engine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > removal or expulsion of products or deposits
scavenging1894
exhaust1896
decarbonization1912
scavenge1912
decoke1962
1912 Motor Man. (ed. 14) vi. 232 Certain preparations in liquid form are sold for which it is claimed that, when injected in the cylinders, decarbonisation and thorough cleansing is effected.
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The action or process of reducing or eliminating the fossil fuel use of an economy, business sector, etc., so as to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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1992 R. Byerly in I. W. Ginsberg & J. A. Angelo Earth Observ. & Global Change Decision Making 167 I also think the Administration should get serious about guiding the United States and the world through the decarbonization transition and get off ideology.
2011 Church Times 21 Oct. 13/5 Given the unavoidable use of hydrocarbons for some purposes, such as air travel, this will require the total decarbonisation of electricity-generation.
2015 N.Y. Mag. 7 Sept. 114/2 At some point..decarbonization will have gained irreversible momentum, strengthening the economic power of the green-energy lobby and weakening the power of the fossil-fuel lobby.
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