Contextualizebeta

carbon burning

noun

Definitions

  1. The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted…

    The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted their helium supply, in which carbon is converted to neon, sodium, magnesium and other elements.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical oxidation of carbon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for carbon burning. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA