Crossword clues for carbonation
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1881, from carbonic acid, an old name for carbon dioxide (see carbonate (n.)) + -ation.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of having carbon dioxide gas dissolved in a liquid. 2 The amount or level of dissolved carbon dioxide remaining in solution. 3 carbonization.
WordNet
n. saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)
Wikipedia
Carbonation can refer to two chemical processes involving carbon dioxide:
- The dissolution in a liquid, also known as fizz or effervescence.
- The incorporation into chemical compounds.
Usage examples of "carbonation".
The city with its mesas, surrounded now by black ice-choked water, which was steaming faintly, its surface turbulent, its edges bubbling madly with carbonation, as waves surged down from the north, the noise like waves in a high storm.
And the carbon dioxide returned to the beer in the carbonation tanks from the last stages of fermentation.
The carbonation is two point four two on the nose, and the gum arabic is exactly the same.