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Definition of Carbonaceous
1. Adjective. Relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon.
Partainyms: Carbon, Carbon, Carbon, Carbon
Derivative terms: Carbon, Carbonize
Definition of Carbonaceous
1. a. Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.
Definition of Carbonaceous
1. Adjective. of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carbonaceous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbonaceous
Literary usage of Carbonaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMBUSTION OF THE DIAMOND AND OTHER carbonaceous SUBSTANCES*
SINCE it has been shewn by various accurate experiments, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1904)
"Surface soil 4 Various clays o Dark brown shaly sandstone and clay I carbonaceous
shale 6 Fine grey shaly sandstone > carbonaceous shale ......... .2 Slight ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1845)
"[The modifications which occur in tuberculous lungs, when a carbonaceous ...
The deposit of carbonaceous matter which takes place in the lungs of the aged, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"This soil was found to consist of a fine yellow-brown sand, mixed with humus and
other carbonaceous matter, which gave it a prevailingly dark color. ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1906)
"The carbonaceous expenditure of the blood is regulated to some extent by the
carbonaceous income, but it depends absolutely upon the efficiency of the ..."
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