helium burning

noun

Definitions

  1. the nucleosynthesis process, in stars with temperatures over 10⁸K, in which helium is…

    the nucleosynthesis process, in stars with temperatures over 10⁸K, in which helium is converted to carbon and then to oxygen, neon and magnesium

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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