DAC

abbreviation or noun

ˈdak 

: direct air capture

This process, known as direct air capture (DAC), has been lauded as a promising method to extract the greenhouse gas from the air to fight global warming.

—Walter Sim

Captured carbon dioxide from DAC can even be repurposed to create products like clean fuel, fertilizer, concrete, and carbonated drinks.

—Feng Jiao

DAC pulls carbon dioxide from the air, concentrating the gas so it can be stored underground.

—Jim Lynch

Examples of DAC in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The efforts follow a tumultuous batch of years for commercial DAC technologies. — Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2026

Resistive Heating for Carbon Capture Resistive heating strategies for DAC, like Sustaera’s, are promising enough that the aerospace giant Airbus filed a patent for it in Europe. — Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2026

The study estimates that by 2050, depending on the energy mix, calcium-looping DAC could achieve 85–96 per cent CO₂-removal efficiency. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2026

The unit is a Direct Air Capture, or DAC for short. — Molly McCrea, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2011, in the meaning defined above