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cryosequester

cryosequester verb: to reduce or prevent biological or chemical degradation of carbon compounds with low temperature.

Verb

cryosequester (third-person singular simple present cryosequesters, present participle cryosequestering, simple past and past participle cryosequestered)

  1. to reduce or prevent biological or chemical degradation of carbon compounds with low temperature
    • We could cryosequester the carbon in our garbage by throwing it in a glacial crevasse.

Forms of cryosequester

third-person singular presentcryosequesters
present participlecryosequestering
past participlecryosequestered
pastcryosequestered

Origin of cryosequester

From cryo- + sequester.

Questions about cryosequester

What does cryosequester mean?
Cryosequester means to reduce or prevent biological or chemical degradation of carbon compounds with low temperature.
What part of speech is cryosequester?
Cryosequester is a verb.
What is the past tense of cryosequester?
The past tense of cryosequester is cryosequestered.

Words near cryosequester in the dictionary

  1. cryoseismologically
  2. cryoseismology
  3. cryoseisms
  4. cryosensitive
  5. cryosensitivity
  6. cryosequester
  7. cryosequestration
  8. cryosere
  9. cryosession
  10. cryosessions
  11. cryoshock

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