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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A weak, unstable acid, H2CO3, present in solutions of carbon dioxide in water.
 
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- noun   a 
weak unstable acid, H2CO3, known only insolution , and ascarbonate salts ; it ispresent incarbonated drinks , andsparkling wine , butdecomposes to formcarbon dioxide andwater  
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a weak acid known only in solution; formed when carbon dioxide combines with water
 
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