单词 | carburetting |
释义 | carburettingcarburetingn. Chemistry. The action or process of combining or impregnating a substance with carbon or a compound of carbon; esp. the enrichment of a fuel or fuel–air mixture with hydrocarbons. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > chemical processes or reactions > [adjective] > carbonization carbonated1788 carbonized1800 carburetted1802 carburetting1850 1850 Sci. Amer. 27 July 355/1 My dwelling was lighted with a brilliant white light without the process of carburetting. 1869 Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 379/1 It feeds the..vessel in which is placed the carburetting element. 1911 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 74 718 Carburetted water-gas is a very much simpler body to make than coal-gas... On the other hand the oils necessary for its carburetting are costly. 1922 Gas Manuf., Distribution & Use (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) i. 6/2 The process partly consists in..mixing with the gas thus formed the vapour from heavy mineral oil—a process known as ‘carburetting’. 1962 Combustion & Flame 6 119/1 The experiments showed the limits within which carbon radiation effectively begins with the different carburetting substances. 1999 J. A. Tarr in O. Coutard Governance Large Techn. Syst. ii. 25 The carbureting process did produce byproducts, but they were not as salable as those from coal gas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1850 |
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