CO₂

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Translingual

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Alternative forms

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  • CO2 (nonstandard; acceptable when subscripts are not available or cannot be displayed)

Symbol

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CO₂

  1. Carbon dioxide.

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /si.oʊ.tu/, /siː.əʊ.tuː/

Noun

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CO₂ (uncountable)

  1. carbon dioxide.
    • 2009 April 9, Office of the Press Secretary, “President Obama Announces Accelerated Purchase of 17,600 New American Vehicles for Government Fleet”, in White House[1], archived from the original on 2010-03-10:
      By swapping out less efficient federal vehicles for new hybrid and fuel efficient ones, this strategy will reduce gasoline consumption by 1.3 million gallons per year and prevent 26 million pounds of CO₂ from entering the atmosphere.

Usage notes

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Be sure to capitalize the O. Else it would mean a diatomic molecule of cobalt.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From translingual CO₂.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seotoːˀ/, [seoˈtˢoˀ]

Noun

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CO₂ c (singular definite CO₂'en, not used in plural form)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) carbon dioxide
    Synonyms: carbondioxid, kuldioxid, kultveilte

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

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From translingual CO₂.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌt͡seːoˈt͡svaɪ̯/
  • Audio:(file)

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CO₂ n (strong, genitive CO₂, no plural)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) carbon dioxide
    Synonyms: Kohlendioxid, Kohlenstoffdioxid

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