Carbonization

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carbonization \Car`bon*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. carbonisation.]
     1. The act or process of carbonizing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens).
  


     Syn: carbonisation.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  carbonization
       n : the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
           [syn: {carbonisation}]