单词 | carbonification |
释义 | carbonificationn. Now rare. Conversion of organic matter into coal or carbon. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > carbonification carbonification1797 1797 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 6 Science 163 The same superiority of coaks over charcoal has also been observed in Germany in other cases, though with variations in the results, plainly arising from the different degrees of carbonification. 1825 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 115 309 When [the process of mummification was] neglected or slovenly conducted, the mummy resulting from it, would present those appearances of dryness, blackness, and brittleness, together with carbonification of the muscles. 1883 Standard 31 Jan. 5/3 Lignite is vegetation further advanced in the process of carbonification. 1981 Science 15 May 744/1 Carbonification..occurs anaerobically and, upon exposure of the organic matter to sufficiently high temperature and pressure, irreversibly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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