carbon monoxide

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A colorless, odorless, flammable, highly toxic gas.

Equivalents

Españolmonóxido de carbono

Françaismonoxyde de carbone

DeutschKohlenmonoxid Kohlenstoffmonoxid

27 more languages

العربيةأَوَّل أُكْسِيد اَلْكَرْبُون

BosanskiЧад

Češtinaoxid uhelnatý

Ελληνικάμονοξείδιο του άνθρακα

Suomihaka hiilimonoksidi

Gaeilgeaonocsaíd charbóin

עבריתפחמן חד חמצני

HrvatskiЧад

Magyarszén-monoxid

Italianomonossido di carbonio ossido di carbonio

日本語一酸化炭素

ქართულიმხუთავი აირი ნახშირბადის ჟანგი ნახშირჟანგი

한국어일산화탄소

മലയാളംകാർബൺ മോണോക്സൈഡ്

Bahasa Melayukarbon monoksida

Nederlandskoolstofmonoxide

Polskiczad tlenek węgla

Portuguêsmonóxido de carbono

Românămonoxid de carbon

Русскиймоноокси́д углеро́да о́кись углеро́да окси́д углеро́даугарный газ

СрпскиЧад

Svenskakolmonoxid koloxid

Kiswahilikaboni monoksidi

ไทยคาร์บอนมอนอกไซด์

Türkçekarbonmonoksit

Українськамонооксид вуглецю моноокси́д карбо́ну чадчадни́й газ

Examples

“carbon monoxide poisoning”

“A process ⟳ for preparing normally solid high molecular weight, hydrocarbon polymers which comprises heating and reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen at a temperature of 125 ° to 350 °C, under a pressure of at least 30 atmospheres and in contact ⟳ with a phosphomolybdic compound represented by the formula P₂Mo_(20–24)O_(2–60).”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

carbon monoxide alarm carbon monoxide drill carbon nanofiber carbon nanofibre carbon nanofoam carbon nanotube

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