Meanings
- uncountablechemistryA colorless, odorless, flammable, highly toxic gas.
carbon monoxide poisoning
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A process for preparing normally solid high molecular weight, hydrocarbon polymers which comprises heating and reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen at a temperature of 125 ° to 350 °C, under a pressure of at least 30 atmospheres and in contact with a phosphomolybdic compound represented by the formula P₂Mo_(20–24)O_(2–60).
1959, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights, volume 87, page 6658Synonyms: CO
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA colorless, odorless, flammable, highly toxic gas.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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Translations
Arabic أَوَّل أُكْسِيد اَلْكَرْبُون
- أَوَّل أُكْسِيد اَلْكَرْبُون (ʔawwal ʔuksīd al-karbūn)chemical of the formula CO
Catalan monòxid de carboni
- monòxid de carbonichemical of the formula CO
Chinese Cantonese 一氧化碳
- 一氧化碳 (jat¹ joeng⁵ faa³ taan³)chemical of the formula CO
Chinese Mandarin 一氧化碳
- 一氧化碳 (yīyǎnghuàtàn)chemical of the formula CO
Czech oxid uhelnatý
- oxid uhelnatýchemical of the formula CO
Danish kulilte
- kuliltechemical of the formula CO
Dutch koolstofmonoxide
- koolstofmonoxidechemical of the formula CO
Estonian vingugaas
- vingugaaschemical of the formula CO
Finnish hiilimonoksidi, häkä
- hiilimonoksidichemical of the formula CO
- häkächemical of the formula CO
French monoxyde de carbone
- monoxyde de carbonechemical of the formula CO
German Kohlenstoffmonoxid, Kohlenmonoxid
- Kohlenstoffmonoxidchemical of the formula CO
- Kohlenmonoxidchemical of the formula CO
Greek μονοξείδιο άνθρακα, μονοξείδιο του άνθρακα
- μονοξείδιο άνθρακα (monoxeídio ánthraka)chemical of the formula CO
- μονοξείδιο του άνθρακα (monoxeídio tou ánthraka)chemical of the formula CO
Hungarian szén-monoxid
- szén-monoxidchemical of the formula CO
Irish aonocsaíd charbóin
- aonocsaíd charbóinchemical of the formula CO
Italian ossido di carbonio, monossido di carbonio
- ossido di carboniochemical of the formula CO
- monossido di carboniochemical of the formula CO
Japanese 一酸化炭素
- 一酸化炭素 (issanka-tanso)chemical of the formula CO
Korean 일산화탄소
- 일산화탄소 (ilsanhwatanso)chemical of the formula CO
Latin monoxeidium carbonicum
- monoxeidium carbonicumchemical of the formula CO
Malay karbon monoksida
- karbon monoksidachemical of the formula CO
Māori waro hāoratahi
- waro hāoratahichemical of the formula CO
Norwegian Bokmål karbonmonoksid, kullos
- karbonmonoksidchemical of the formula CO
- kulloschemical of the formula CO
Polish tlenek węgla, czad
- tlenek węglachemical of the formula CO
- czadchemical of the formula CO
Portuguese monóxido de carbono
- monóxido de carbonochemical of the formula CO
Romanian oxid de carbon, monoxid de carbon
- oxid de carbonchemical of the formula CO
- monoxid de carbonchemical of the formula CO
Russian о́кись углеро́да, окси́д углеро́да
- о́кись углеро́да (ókisʹ ugleróda)chemical of the formula CO
- окси́д углеро́да (oksíd ugleróda)chemical of the formula CO
- моноокси́д углеро́да (monooksíd ugleróda)chemical of the formula CO
- уга́рный газ (ugárnyj gaz)chemical of the formula CO
Slovak oxid uholnatý
- oxid uholnatýchemical of the formula CO
Spanish monóxido de carbono
- monóxido de carbonochemical of the formula CO
Swahili kaboni monoksidi
- kaboni monoksidichemical of the formula CO
Swedish koloxid, kolmonoxid
- koloxidchemical of the formula CO
- kolmonoxidchemical of the formula CO
Tagalog karbon sanuksad
- karbon sanuksadchemical of the formula CO
Thai คาร์บอนมอนอกไซด์
- คาร์บอนมอนอกไซด์chemical of the formula CO
Ukrainian моноокси́д вуглецю́, чад
- моноокси́д вуглецю́ (monooksýd vuhlecjú)chemical of the formula CO
- чад (čad)chemical of the formula CO
- чадни́й газ (čadnýj haz)chemical of the formula CO
- моноокси́д карбо́ну (monooksýd karbónu)chemical of the formula CO
Yiddish קוילנשטאָף־אָקסיד
- קוילנשטאָף־אָקסיד (koylnshtof-oksid)chemical of the formula CO
Cite this entry
carbon monoxide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20monoxide
“carbon monoxide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20monoxide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carbon monoxide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20monoxide.
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