Meanings
nouncarbon cycle (plural carbon cycles)
plural carbon cycles
- The physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification.
Translations
Catalan cicle del carboni
- cicle del carbonicycle of carbon
Chinese Mandarin 碳循環 /碳循环
- 碳循環 /碳循环 (tànxúnhuán)cycle of carbon
Danish kulstofkredsløb, carbonkredsløb
- kulstofkredsløbcycle of carbon
- carbonkredsløbcycle of carbon
Dutch koolstofkringloop
- koolstofkringloopcycle of carbon
Finnish hiilikierto, hiilisykli
- hiilikiertocycle of carbon
- hiilisyklicycle of carbon
French cycle du carbone
- cycle du carbonecycle of carbon
German Kohlenstoffzyklus, Kohlenstoffkreislauf
- Kohlenstoffzykluscycle of carbon
- Kohlenstoffkreislaufcycle of carbon
Icelandic hringrás kolefnis
- hringrás kolefniscycle of carbon
Irish timthriall carbóin
- timthriall carbóincycle of carbon
Italian ciclo del carbonio
- ciclo del carboniocycle of carbon
Māori hurihanga waro
- hurihanga warocycle of carbon
Polish cykl węglowy
- cykl węglowycycle of carbon
Portuguese ciclo do carbono
- ciclo do carbonocycle of carbon
Russian цикл углеро́да
- цикл углеро́да (cikl ugleróda)cycle of carbon
Spanish ciclo del carbono
- ciclo del carbonocycle of carbon
Tagalog ikot-karbono, ikot-karbon
- ikot-karbonocycle of carbon
- ikot-karboncycle of carbon
Cite this entry
APA
carbon cycle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20cycle
MLA
“carbon cycle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20cycle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carbon cycle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20cycle.
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