decarbonizev.
/(ˌ)diːˈkɑːbənʌɪz/, /(ˌ)diːˈkɑːbn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /diˈkɑrbəˌnaɪz/ 1. transitive. To deprive of its carbon or carbonic acid.
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1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 197 In Bessemer's process, liquid crude iron is decarbonised by forcing air through it by machinery.
2. To remove carbon deposit from (an internal combustion engine). Also absol.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (transitive)] > remove deposits
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decoke1928
scavenge1954
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (intransitive)] > of internal-combustion engine: run > remove deposits
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1915 R. 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.
1925 Morris Owner's Man. x. 70 The head has to be lifted to decarbonize.
1925 Morris Owner's Man. x. 71 When decarbonizing the Morris engine.
1930 Engineering 10 Jan. 44/1 This engine can be decarbonised and the valves ground in less than an hour.
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deˈcarbonized adj.
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1825 E. Turrell in Philos. Mag. 65 421 Engravings upon decarbonized steel plates.
deˈcarbonizing n. and adj.
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1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 493/2 The liver is..the true decarbonising organ in the animal kingdom.
1915 R. D. Price U.S. Patent 1,148,403 I provide a decarbonizing composition consisting of the following ingredients.
1916 R. T. Nicholson Bk. 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.
1916 R. T. Nicholson Bk. of Ford vii. 93 Have nothing to do with chemical decarbonizing processes.
1925 Morris Owner's Man. x. 70 Materials required—for decarbonizing only—are the standard tool kit and a bottle of gold size.
1967 E. Rudinger Consumer's Car Gloss. (ed. 2) 30 Decarbonising, that is, scraping off the carbon..from the cylinder head and pistons.
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transitive. To eliminate or reduce the fossil fuel use of (an economy, business sector, etc.), so as to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Also intransitive.
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1991 Entropie 27 No. 164/165 32/1 (heading) Improving energy efficiency and decarbonizing the energy system.
1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Aug. 5 Australia, a country with substantial natural gas and solar resources as well as a mature industrial base, would bear disproportionately high costs..from partially decarbonising its electricity supply.
2005 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Sept. 54/2 The world economy is already decarbonizing; over the past two centuries, carbon-rich fuels such as coal have given way to fuels with less carbon (oil and natural gas) or with none (renewable sources such as solar and wind power).
2015 New Yorker 21 Sept. 10/1 As we seek methods to ‘decarbonize’ our fossil-fuel economy, we should not minimize the power of forests, farms, and fields to ‘recarbonize’ the soil and help reverse climate change.
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