carbonic acid en · NOUN
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(uncountable) A weak unstable acid, H₂CO₃, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water.
[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 144:Had she lived now, she would have talked of the last delightful lecture on gas, or the charming new treatise on carbonic acid; she would have studied German, and delighted in the society of "talented people."
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 110–111:
- (obsolete, uncountable) Carbon dioxide.
Deriveds
hemicarbonic acid · carbonic acid gas · carbonic acid snow
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cmn 碳酸 (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ko 탄산 (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · nl koolzuur (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · sh ugljična kiselina (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · et süsihape (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · da kulsyre (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · nb kullsyre (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · pt ácido carbônico (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · hy ածխաթթու (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · fo kolsýra (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · sl ogljikova kislina (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · sk kyselina uhličitá (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · lt anglies rūgštis (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · tr karbonik asit (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · gl ácido carbónico (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ms asid karbonik (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · nb karbonsyre (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · it acido carbonico (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · mk јаглеродна киселина (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · el ανθρακικό οξύ (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · bg въглеродна киселина (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · lb Kuelesaier (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · eo karbonata acido (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · fi hiilihappo (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · mi waikawa waro (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ja 炭酸 (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · pt ácido carbónico (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ka ნახშირმჟავა (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · fr acide carbonique (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ru у́гольная кислота́ (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · th กรดคาร์บอนิก (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · cy asid carbonig (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · eu azido karboniko (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · az karbonat turşusu (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · es ácido carbónico (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · cs kyselina uhličitá (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · li kaolzoer (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · de Kohlensäure (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ga aigéad carbónach (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · is kolsýra (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · nl diwaterstofcarbonaat (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ca àcid carbònic (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · pl kwas węglowy (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · eo karbonika acido (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · gu અંગારકામ્લ (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ru углекислота́ (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · ro acid carbonic (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · hu szénsav (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · lv ogļskābe (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) · sv kolsyra (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3)