carbonaceous
of, like, or containing carbon.
Origin of carbonaceous
1Other words from carbonaceous
- sub·car·bo·na·ceous, adjective
Words Nearby carbonaceous
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How to use carbonaceous in a sentence
Their exotic chemistry doesn’t match Earth rocks, but it does match the proportions of elements seen in a type of meteorite called a carbonaceous chondrite, van Ginneken and his colleagues report March 31 in Science Advances.
A meteor may have exploded over Antarctica 430,000 years ago | Sid Perkins | March 31, 2021 | Science NewsIf successful, their carbonaceous semiconductor could greatly improve energy transfer efficiency, giving everyone a joltThe post Breakthrough Scientists You Need to Know appeared first on OZY.
While the Baptistina source has dried up, carbonaceous asteroids are abundant enough to represent a plausible asteroid impactor, and would match all of the data.
Comets Are More Dangerous Than We Thought - Issue 98: Mind | Sean Raymond | March 10, 2021 | NautilusAnother carbonaceous asteroid could plausibly have done the job.
Comets Are More Dangerous Than We Thought - Issue 98: Mind | Sean Raymond | March 10, 2021 | NautilusThey’re similar to a type of meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites, which come from the most common type of asteroid — carbon-bearing “C-type” asteroids.
What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves | Natalie Wolchover | February 4, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
Loftily poised in ether capacious, Strongly resembling a gem carbonaceous.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousIt is overlaid by about eighteen inches of black alluvial carbonaceous mould.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftLarge portions of its margin consist of the brittle carbonaceous slate.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftNext in point of altitude, is the series of dark, carbonaceous, shelly slate rock.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftNever use a new bottle before it has been heated sufficiently to get rid of grease and carbonaceous dirt.
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British Dictionary definitions for carbonaceous
/ (ˌkɑːbəˈneɪʃəs) /
of, resembling, or containing carbon
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