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dioxide
[ dahy-ok-sahyd, -sid ]
noun
- an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen, each of which is bonded directly to an atom of a second element, as manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , or nitrogen dioxide, NO 2 .
dioxide
/ daɪˈɒksaɪd /
noun
- any oxide containing two oxygen atoms per molecule, both of which are bonded to an atom of another element
- another name for a peroxide
dioxide
/ dī-ŏk′sīd /
- A compound containing two oxygen atoms per molecule.
Example Sentences
Waste carbon dioxide emitted at a refinery or factory is captured at the source and then stored in an aim to remove the potential harmful byproduct from the environment and mitigate climate change.
That makes them a key part of the Earth process of pulling climate-warming carbon dioxide out of the air.
The subducting plate begins to melt, and volcanoes bloom on the overlying plate, belching carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere.
Saudi Aramco is close to signing a $15 million deal with Global Thermostat to capture carbon dioxide, add hydrogen and make synthetic gasoline.
Respiration describes how oxygen moves into our cells and carbon dioxide moves out.
It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.
Other psychiatrists attempted to treat schizophrenia with carbon dioxide gas and artificially-induced comas.
The higher levels of carbon dioxide will induce something of a feeding frenzy for plants, at least for a while.
Grosvenor Place, which runs alongside the palace, has almost four times the maximum permissible amount of nitrogen dioxide.
“We are short of carbon dioxide for the needs of the plants,” Anderson said.
The primary purpose of respiration in all animals is the same—namely, to furnish oxygen and remove carbon dioxide (carbonic acid).
If we collect enough of these bubbles of gas to make a test, we find it to be carbon dioxide.
In previous experiments we have proved that carbon dioxide is given off by any living thing when oxidation occurs in the body.
The plants give off oxygen to the animals, and the animals give carbon dioxide to the plants.
The organs of respiration: the organs in which the blood receives oxygen and gives up carbon dioxide.
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