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fixed air

fixed air noun: carbon dioxide; carbonic acid.

Noun

fixed air (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Carbon dioxide; carbonic acid.
    • The wild gas, the fixed air is plainly broke loose: but we ought to suspend our judgement until […] we see something deeper than the agitation of a troubled and disturbed surface.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 8
    • Lavoisier then elucidated the exchange of gases in the lungs: the air inhaled was converted into Black's fixed air, whereas the nitrogen (‘azote’) remained unchanged.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 246

fixed air meaning in Tamil

fixed air in Tamil

நிலைத்தகாற்று

Origin of fixed air

Coined by Scottish chemist Joseph Black in 1756 because it can be absorbed, or fixed, by strong bases.

Questions about fixed air

What does fixed air mean?
Fixed air means carbon dioxide; carbonic acid.
What is fixed air in Tamil?
Fixed air in Tamil is நிலைத்தகாற்று. See Fixed air meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fixed air?
Fixed air is a noun.

Words near fixed air in the dictionary

  1. fixature
  2. fixatures
  3. Fixby
  4. fixe
  5. fixed
  6. fixed air
  7. fixed asset
  8. fixed assets
  9. fixed capital
  10. fixed charge
  11. fixed charges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fixed air (page history and authors); fixed air (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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