"act or process of causing combination with carbonic acid," 1869, from carbonic acid, an old name for carbon dioxide (q.v.), + -ation. Probably immediately from French carbonation (1856).
carbon monoxide
carbonaceous
carbonara
carbonate
carbonated
carbonation
carbon-copy
carbonic
carboniferous
carbonization
Carborundum
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