LiBeB process

noun

Any nucleosynthesis process, the details of which are unclear, that accounts for the light elements lithium, beryllium and boron which cannot survive in stellar interiors because they are destroyed by proton capture.

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Meanings

nounLiBeB process (uncountable)
  1. uncountableastronomyAny nucleosynthesis process, the details of which are unclear, that accounts for the light elements lithium, beryllium and boron which cannot survive in stellar interiors because they are destroyed by proton capture.

Origin

From the chemical symbols Li, Be, B.

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