Synonyms for carbon dioxide
car·bon diox·ide

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1. carbon dioxidenoun

   Synonyms:
   carbonic acid gas, CO₂, E290, acidity regulator

2. carbon dioxidenoun

   The normal oxide of carbon, CO; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.

   Synonyms:
   acidity regulator, carbonic acid gas, CO₂, E290

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1. carbon dioxide, CO2, carbonic acid gasnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   carbonic acid gas

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1. carbon dioxide

   Synonyms:
   CO2

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1. Bruce Robertson:

   So instead of building a massively expensive cable, simply put in the solar farm … create the hydrogen, put in the nitrogen, if you want ammonia, (or) carbon dioxide, if you want synthetic green methane, or just straight hydrogen, and ship that to Singapore, because that’s what they’re telling me they want. the shipping part has never been done, there’s nothing to work off – you’re really breaking new ground.

2. Pope Francis:

   It is true that there are other factors - such as volcanic activity, variations in the earth's orbit and axis, the solar cycle - yet a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others - released mainly as a result of human activity.

3. Donald Penman:

   Our results show that these changes would allow the ocean to absorb an enormous amount of [carbon dioxide] on long time scales; perhaps hiding the warming effects of volcanism in the aftermath of the event.

4. Eli Goldstein:

   Our technology works best in hot, dry climates where the sky is clear, so when Jesus Valenzuela have clouds, that blocks that radiative cooling window, in the same way that [ carbon dioxide ] blocks light and sort of has that heat trapping effect, water vapor also will block infrared light.

5. Mary Njenga:

   The temperatures inside the boilers of tea factories are so high, they are able to more fully burn the particulate matter and the carbon dioxide so that little is released.