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carbonation

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car⋅bon⋅a⋅tion

[kahr-buh-ney-shuhn]
–noun
1. saturation with carbon dioxide, as in making soda water.
2. reaction with carbon dioxide to remove lime, as in sugar refining.
3. carbonization.

Origin:
1650–60; carbonate + -ion
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car·bon·ate   (kär'bə-nāt')   
tr.v.   car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing, car·bon·ates
  1. To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.

  2. To burn to carbon; carbonize.

  3. To change into a carbonate.

n.   (-nāt', -nĭt)
A salt or an ester of an carbonic acid.
car'bon·a'tion n., car'bon·a'tor n.
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