Meaning of carbonic acid | Babel Free
Definitions
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A weak unstable acid, H₂CO₃, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water. uncountable
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Carbon dioxide. obsolete, uncountable
Equivalents
Čeština
kyselina uhličitá
Deutsch
Kohlensäure
Ελληνικά
ανθρακικό οξύ
Español
ácido carbónico
Suomi
hiilihappo
Français
acide carbonique
Italiano
acido carbonico
日本語
炭酸
한국어
탄산
Polski
kwas węglowy
Português
ácido carbônico
Svenska
kolsyra
ไทย
กรดคาร์บอนิก
Türkçe
karbonik asit
Examples
“Had she lived now, she would have talked of the last delightful lecture on gas, or the charming new treatise on carbonic acid; she would have studied German, and delighted in the society of "talented people."”
“[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.