Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbonific

/ˌkɑɹ.bəˈnɪf.ɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-bonif-ic
IPA: /ˌkɑɹ.bəˈnɪf.ɪk/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Decomposing to create a greater volume of carbon than the volume of the original material

noun

A compound that decomposes to produce a mass of carbon with a greater volume than the original compound.

Example Sentences

"The coating contains a carbonific compound that reacts with the intumescent catalyst to form a carbon residue, and a spumific compound that decomposes to produce large quantities of gas."
"The carbonific components may be organic compounds containing hydroxyl groups or oxirane rings."
"The resultant acid reacts with the carbonific."
"The phosphoric acid formed by heating the phosphate reacts with the carbonific to accelerate the char formation."

Etymology

From carbon + -ific.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: carbon

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌkɑɹ.bəˈnɪf.ɪk/
British English: /ˌkɑː.bəˈnɪf.ɪk/

Inflected Forms

carbonifics (plural)

Rhymes With

-ific signific biospecific overspecific stonerific spumific hipsterific crapperific trispecific inspecific nanospecific panspecific

Questions

How do you pronounce carbonific?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑɹ.bəˈnɪf.ɪk/.
What does carbonific mean?: Decomposing to create a greater volume of carbon than the volume of the original material
Where does carbonific come from?: From carbon + -ific.

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