carbon-neutral
car·bon-neu·tral
C c Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kahr-buh n noo-truh l, nyoo-]
- /ˈkɑr bən ˈnu trəl, ˈnyu-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kahr-buh n noo-truh l, nyoo-]
- /ˈkɑr bən ˈnu trəl, ˈnyu-/
Definitions of carbon-neutral word
- adjective carbon-neutral pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery. 1
- adjective carbon-neutral (of a process, individual or state) that absorbs the same amount of carbon dioxide as it produces. 0
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Origin of carbon-neutral
First appearance:
before 1990 One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1990-95
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Parts of speech for Carbon-neutral
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
carbon-neutral popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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