Antonyms for carbon dioxidecar·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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. solar energy

   power from the sun, anti-pollution power

   the sun can give of solar-rays which the solar panels will turn the solar rays into electricity.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use carbon dioxide in a sentence?

1. David Greenwood:

   We could see the different layers of cells in a leaf fragment including the epidermis with the pores, called stomata, through which plants take in carbon dioxide, we could also see the surface patterning of the epidermis cells, which was like a jigsaw pattern that we see on many living ferns.

2. Scott Pruitt:

   Look, let me say to you, CO2( carbon dioxide) contributes to greenhouse gas, it has a greenhouse gas effect and global warming, as methane does and other types of gases, the issue is how much we contribute to it from the human activity perspective and what can be done about it from a process perspective, Chris.

3. Robert Jackson:

   For carbon dioxide, we've always known about power plants and smokestacks and things like that ; but with methane, until recent years, we didn't understand how much an influence a small number of large sources have really had, we didn't understand how long the tail was and how important the super-emitters were for reducing emissions.

4. Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan:

   For a long time, we thought carbon dioxide from fossil fuels was the main man-made greenhouse gas harming the planet. That changed overnight when in 1975 I published this paper in which I discovered that there are other gases in the atmosphere which are even more potent.

5. Cyril Brun:

   The yeast converts the sugar into alcohol, and because of the pressure, carbon dioxide is created, providing a shower of bubbles.

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