Definition of Carbon dioxide

1. Noun. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.

Exact synonyms: Carbonic Acid Gas, Co2
Specialized synonyms: Blackdamp, Chokedamp
Generic synonyms: Dioxide, Greenhouse Emission, Greenhouse Gas
Derivative terms: Carbonate

Definition of Carbon dioxide

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) The normal oxide of carbon, CO2; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Carbon dioxide

1. A metabolic byproduct of carbohydrate metabolism. Carbon Dioxide collects in the tissues, is cleared by the blood (via the veins) and removed from the body via the lungs when we exhale air. Abbreviation: CO2 (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Dioxide

carbon black
carbon burning
carbon chauvinism
carbon copied
carbon copies
carbon copy
carbon copying
carbon cost
carbon costs
carbon credit
carbon credits
carbon cycle
carbon dating
carbon debt
carbon dichloride
carbon dioxide (current term)
carbon dioxide-free water
carbon dioxide acidosis
carbon dioxide blood level
carbon dioxide content
carbon dioxide cycle
carbon dioxide electrode
carbon dioxide elimination
carbon dioxide reductase
carbon dioxide snow
carbon disulfide
carbon disulfide poisoning
carbon disulphide
carbon emissions trading
carbon fiber

Literary usage of Carbon dioxide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"absorption of carbon-dioxide by plants growing under different conditions ... That the carbon-dioxide contained in the atmosphere is sufficient for normal ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The increase of weight of the absorption bulb is due to carbon dioxide. ... DETERMINATION OF carbon dioxide IN CARBONATES The method is applicable for ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
"The question remains why the hydrogen ion concentration of the mixed saliva, due to the presence of carbon dioxide, is abnormally high in sub- breathers and ..."

4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"The extraction of carbon from carbon dioxide to form coal set free the ... The relations of equilibrium between the carbon dioxide of the air and that of ..."

5. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"THE EFFECT OF carbon dioxide ON THE ISOLATED HEART. ... TN the preceding paper observations are reported which indicate •*• that carbon dioxide must be ..."

6. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"(2) The phenomena of carbon dioxide production associated with reduced vitality in plants. By Mr FF BLACKMAN. By the aid of an apparatus (which was ..."

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