Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide

Exhaust gas constituent that is a major contributor to the Greenhouse Effect.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Automotive
Category: Automobile
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

carbon dioxide

Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry

CO 2 A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas about 1.5 times as dense as air.

carbon dioxide

Astronomy; Mars

A gas used by all green plants and recycled by them to form wood and the oxygen we breathe. In very large quantities it can be poisonous to animal life.

carbon dioxide

Earth science; Physical oceanography

This is the most important of the greenhouse gases with an atmospheric concentration of 353 ppm (in 1990), up from an estimated 260-290 in pre-industrial times (pre-1880). This ...

carbon dioxide

Health care; Heart disease

A gas created during metabolism, when the cells use oxygen to burn fat and release energy. The lungs release carbon dioxide when you breathe out.

carbon dioxide

Astronomy; Planetary science

A compound formed by combining one carbon atom with two oxygen atoms, making the molecule CO 2 . Carbon dioxide is an important part of the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. Carbon ...

carbon dioxide

Fishing; Fish processing

Colourless gas, heavier than air, having a slight smell and used in liquid or in solid form (dry ice) as a refrigerant. Dry ice sublimes at a temperature of -78°C and may be used ...

idling

Automotive; Automobile

A condition of gear not active.

kinetic dynamic suspension system (KDSS)

Automotive; Automobile

It optimally adjusts front and rear stabilizers based on a set of interconnected hydraulic cylinders.　In off-road conditions, KDSS activates when it senses that a wheel has ...

four-wheel drive

Automotive; Automobile

Vehicle, frequently abbreviated FWD, the best-known example of which is the immortal 'Jeep'.

commercial vehicle

Automotive; Automobile

Vehicle designed to carry goods or passengers on a commercial basis.

motor car

Automotive; Automobile

Vehicle designed to carry from two to six-eight passengers (and their baggage).

Lamborghini Urus

Automotive; Automobile

Unveiled at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show, Urus is Lamborghini's first utility vehicle since the LM002 which was built in limited numbers between 1985-'92. Named after the ancestor ...

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: Economy Category: International economics

Class warfare

The class conflict and tension that exist in society due to competing socioeconomic interests between people who have and people who have not, as well ...