carbonate
- a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- to form into a carbonate.
- to charge or impregnate with carbon dioxide: carbonated drinks.
- to make sprightly; enliven.
Origin of carbonate
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Historical Examples of carbonate
This "fur" is carbonate of lime, the same sort of substance as limestone and chalk.
Coral and Coral ReefsThomas H. Huxley
The most important are carbonate of soda, potash, and cyanide of potassium.
Practical Mechanics for BoysJ. S. Zerbe
Boiler scale is composed of the carbonate or the sulphate of lime.
Practical Mechanics for BoysJ. S. Zerbe
Composed of heavy spar and the carbonate in equal proportions.
Field's ChromatographyGeorge Field
The most important are the sulphide, carbonate, and hydroxide.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
carbonate
- a salt or ester of carbonic acid. Carbonate salts contain the divalent ion CO 3 2–
- to form or turn into a carbonate
- (tr) to treat with carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, as in the manufacture of soft drinks
Word Origin for carbonate
Word Origin and History for carbonate
1794, from French carbonate "salt of carbonic acid" (Lavoisier), from Modern Latin carbonatem "a carbonated (substance)," from Latin carbo (see carbon).
1805, "to form into a carbonate," from carbonate (n.) by influence of French carbonater "transform into a carbonate." Meaning "to impregnate with carbonic acid gas (i.e. carbon dioxide)" is from 1850s. Related: Carbonated; carbonating.
carbonate
(kär′bə-nāt′)- A salt or ester of carbonic acid.
carbonate
- A salt or ester of carbonic acid, containing the group CO3. The reaction of carbonic acid with a metal results in a salt (such as sodium carbonate), and the reaction of carbonic acid with an organic compound results in an ester (such as diethyl carbonate).
- Any other compound containing the group CO3. Carbonates include minerals such as calcite and aragonite.
- Sediment or a sedimentary rock formed by the precipitation of organic or inorganic carbon from an aqueous solution of carbonates of calcium, magnesium, or iron. Limestone is a carbonate rock.
- To add carbon dioxide to a substance, such as a beverage.