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decarbonisation

decarbonisation is the alternative form of decarbonization.

Meaning of decarbonization

Noun

decarbonization (usually uncountable, plural decarbonizations)

  1. (usually) The act or process of decarbonizing.
    • But we spend over $5 trillion globally on fossil fuel subsidies and these would be freed up for this task of decarbonization if we forgo fossil fuel. So cost doesn’t have to be the big issue we think it is.2020 September 7, James Conca, “Managers Of $40 Trillion Make Plans To Decarbonize The World”, in Forbes
    Synonyms:
    decarburization[iron]] or steel>, decarbonation
  2. (usually) The process of arterialization of the blood by oxygenation and the removal of carbon dioxide in the lungs.

Forms of decarbonisation

pluraldecarbonisations

Questions about decarbonisation

What is decarbonisation the alternative form of?
Decarbonisation is the alternative form of decarbonization.

Words near decarbonisation in the dictionary

  1. decarbonating
  2. decarbonation
  3. decarbonations
  4. decarbonatization
  5. decarbonatizations
  6. decarbonisation
  7. decarbonisations
  8. decarbonise
  9. decarbonised
  10. decarboniser
  11. decarbonises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decarbonisation (page history and authors); decarbonization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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