ALL meanings of carbon sequestration
car·bon se·ques·tra·tion
C c - noun carbon sequestration the prevention of greenhouse gas build-up in the earth's atmosphere by methods such as planting trees to absorb carbon dioxide or pumping carbon dioxide into underground reservoirs 3
- noun carbon sequestration removal or separation; banishment or exile. 1
- noun carbon sequestration a withdrawal into seclusion; retirement. 1
- noun carbon sequestration segregation from others; isolation: sequestration of jurors during a trial. 1
- noun carbon sequestration Law. the sequestering of property. confiscation or seizure. 1
- noun carbon sequestration Chemistry. the combining of metallic ions with a suitable reagent into a stable, soluble complex in order to prevent the ions from combining with a substance with which they would otherwise have formed an insoluble precipitate, from causing interference in a particular reaction, or from acting as undesirable catalysts. 1
- noun carbon sequestration the trapping of a chemical in the atmosphere or environment and its isolation in a natural or artificial storage area: Carbon sequestration can reduce global warming. 1
- noun carbon sequestration the process of implementing an automatic cut in government spending across most departments, agencies, etc.: efforts to avoid or delay sequestration. an instance of this: An $80 billion sequestration would lead to massive layoffs. 1
- noun carbon sequestration (biochemistry) The natural removal of carbon from the atmosphere by the soil and plants. 0
- noun carbon sequestration Any of several processes for the removal of excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in an effort to mitigate global warming. 0