"carbon sequestration" meaning in English

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  1. (biochemistry) The natural removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the soil and plants. Tags: uncountable Hypernyms: sequestration#Noun
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  2. (climate change) Any of several processes for the removal of excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in an effort to mitigate global warming. Wikidata QID: Q15305550 Tags: uncountable Hypernyms: sequestration#Noun
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Translations (Translations): عزل الكربون (Arabic), 碳截存 (Chinese Mandarin), kulstofbinding [common-gender] (Danish), hiilidioksidin sitominen (Finnish), ნახშირბადის სეკვესტრაცია (naxširbadis seḳvesṭracia) (Georgian), Kohlenstoffbindung [feminine] (German), Kohlenstoffsequestrierung [feminine] (German), δέσμευση άνθρακα (désmefsi ánthraka) (Greek), קיבוע פחמן (Hebrew), kolefnisbinding [feminine] (Icelandic), sekuestrasi karbon (Indonesian), pemencilan karbon (Malay), ترسیب کربن (Persian), secuestro de carbono [masculine] (Spanish), kolförening [common-gender] (Swedish), cô lập carbon (Vietnamese)
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  "wikipedia": [
    "carbon sequestration"
  ],
  "word": "carbon sequestration"
}

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