"carbonific" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From carbon + -ific. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|carbon|ific}} carbon + -ific Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} carbonific (not comparable)
  1. (physical chemistry) Decomposing to create a greater volume of carbon than the volume of the original material Tags: not-comparable, physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Carbon
    Sense id: en-carbonific-en-adj-x5C54vjt Disambiguation of Carbon: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ific Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ific: 45 55 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: carbonifics [plural]
Etymology: From carbon + -ific. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|carbon|ific}} carbon + -ific Head templates: {{en-noun}} carbonific (plural carbonifics)
  1. (physical chemistry) A compound that decomposes to produce a mass of carbon with a greater volume than the original compound. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Carbon, Chemical reactions
    Sense id: en-carbonific-en-noun-dbUgyO80 Disambiguation of Carbon: 48 52 Disambiguation of Chemical reactions: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ific Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ific: 45 55 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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