Decarbonize

2 definitions found

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

  Decarbonize \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Decarbonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decarbonizing}.]
     To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to
     decarbonize the blood.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Decarbonized iron}. See {Malleable iron}.
  
     {Decarbonized steel}, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel
        process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decarbonize
       v : remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: {decarbonise}, {decarburize},
            {decarburise}, {decoke}]