Meanings
- uncountableastronomyA group of nuclear reactions, involving the interaction of protons with carbon, nitrogen and oxygen nuclei, thought to be the main source of energy in main-sequence stars of greater than 1.4 solar mass.
Synonyms: Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle, CNO cycle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA group of nuclear reactions, involving the interaction of protons with carbon, nitrogen and oxygen nuclei, thought to be the main source of energy in main-sequence stars of greater than 1.4 solar mass.
Translations
Finnish hiili-typpi-happi-sykli
- hiili-typpi-happi-sykligroup of nuclear reactions thought to occur in stars
French cycle carbone-azote-oxygène
- cycle carbone-azote-oxygènegroup of nuclear reactions thought to occur in stars
Italian ciclo del carbonio-azoto
- ciclo del carbonio-azotogroup of nuclear reactions thought to occur in stars
Polish cykl węglowo-azotowo-tlenowy
- cykl węglowo-azotowo-tlenowygroup of nuclear reactions thought to occur in stars
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carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon-nitrogen-oxygen%20cycle
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