carbonic acid gas

1. 1.

   a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis

   Synonymscarbon dioxideCO2

   Broaderdioxidegreenhouse gas

   Narrowerchokedamp

Questions about carbonic acid gas

What does carbonic acid gas mean?

carbonic acid gas means "a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis".

What is another word for carbonic acid gas?

Close synonyms include carbon dioxide, CO2. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carbonic acid gas a common word?

carbonic acid gas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.