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Meaning of fixed air | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Carbon dioxide; carbonic acid.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“The wild gas, the fixed air is plainly broke loose: but we ought to suspend our judgement until […] we see something deeper than the agitation of a troubled and disturbed surface.”
“Lavoisier then elucidated the exchange of gases in the lungs: the air inhaled was converted into Black's fixed air, whereas the nitrogen (‘azote’) remained unchanged.”

CEFR level

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

fixed asset fixed capital fixed charge fixed cheek fixed cost fixed disc

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