carburetted, -eted, ppl. a. Chem.
(ˈkɑːbjʊəˌrɛtɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Combined with carbon, as in carburetted air, air which has been impregnated with fine particles of hydrocarbon, and which provides the power by which petrol engines are driven; carburetted hydrogen, the ‘fire-damp’ of miners, and chief constituent of coal-gas. Also impregnated with, or holding carbon in solution; carburetted water-gas, water-gas which has been enriched by mixing with a hydrocarbon gas.
| 1802 Henry in Phil. Trans. XCIII. 37 Carburetted hydrogen gas. 1812 Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 306 Carburetted hydrogene..is the gas evolved in stagnant waters. 1836 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 60/2 Animal fat is chiefly a..highly carburetted hydrate of oxygen. 1861 Smiles Engineers II. 227 He suggested..the employment of carburetted hydrogen gas, then coming into extensive use for lighting purposes. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 101/2 The efforts to introduce carburetted water-gas have been numerous and persistent. 1881 P. Smyth in Nature 430 The existence there of carburetted gas of some kind. 1896 B. Donkin Gas, Oil, & Air Engines (ed. 2) ii. xxi. 298 Inflammable petroleum essence..is perhaps best distinguished by the term usually applied to it abroad—‘carburetted air’. 1899 Motor-Car World Oct. 9/1 A ‘carburettor’, the function of which is the production of a saturated mixture of spirit, vapour, and air, known as ‘carburetted air’. 1958 Times Rev. Industry May 34/2 Publicizing the carburetted water gas process in Europe. |