carbonic-acid gas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carbonic-acid gas
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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They grew out of the fact that near by was a valley from which arose at times carbonic-acid gas in sufficient quantity to kill small animals running over certain low places.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
The carbon dioxide, or carbonic-acid gas, as it is commonly termed, is a most important substance, as it affords plants all that part of their bodies which disappear on burning.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
The "Valley of Death," in the island of Java, is simply the crater of an extinct volcano, filled with carbonic-acid gas.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
The living tree breathes—inhales oxygen and exhales carbonic-acid gas.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The air we breathe out contains carbonic-acid gas and another invisible poison.
From First Book in Physiology and Hygiene by Kellogg, John Harvey
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