What does carbonic mean?
Carbonic means Of or relating to carbon..
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/kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/ · adjective
Of or relating to carbon..
[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.
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Carbonic means Of or relating to carbon..
Common synonyms include carbonaceous, carbonous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[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.
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