carbon burning

noun

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.

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Meanings

nouncarbon burning (uncountable)
  1. idiomaticuncountableastronomyThe 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. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical oxidation of carbon.
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