carbonaceous

[ kahr-buh-ney-shuhs ]

adjective

1. of, like, or containing carbon.

carbonaceous

/ ˌkɑːbəˈneɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or containing carbon

Other Words From

• subcar·bo·naceous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbonaceous¹

First recorded in 1785–95; carbon + -aceous

Example Sentences

Their exotic chemistry doesn’t match Earth rocks, but it does match the proportions of elements seen in a type of meteorite called a carbonaceous chondrite, van Ginneken and his colleagues report March 31 in Science Advances.

From Science News

If successful, their carbonaceous semiconductor could greatly improve energy transfer efficiency, giving everyone a joltThe post Breakthrough Scientists You Need to Know appeared first on OZY.

From Ozy

While the Baptistina source has dried up, carbonaceous asteroids are abundant enough to represent a plausible asteroid impactor, and would match all of the data.

From Nautilus

Another carbonaceous asteroid could plausibly have done the job.

From Nautilus

They’re similar to a type of meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites, which come from the most common type of asteroid — carbon-bearing “C-type” asteroids.

From Quanta Magazine

Loftily poised in ether capacious, Strongly resembling a gem carbonaceous.

From Project Gutenberg

It is overlaid by about eighteen inches of black alluvial carbonaceous mould.

From Project Gutenberg

Large portions of its margin consist of the brittle carbonaceous slate.

From Project Gutenberg

Next in point of altitude, is the series of dark, carbonaceous, shelly slate rock.

From Project Gutenberg

Never use a new bottle before it has been heated sufficiently to get rid of grease and carbonaceous dirt.

From Project Gutenberg