Definition of Carbon burning

1. Noun. (physics astronomy) 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 ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Burning

carbon-oxygen lyases
carbon-paper
carbon-phosphorus lyase
carbon-sulfur ligases
carbon-sulfur lyases
carbon 14
carbon anhydride
carbon arc
carbon arc lamp
carbon atom
carbon audit
carbon audits
carbon bisulfide
carbon bisulphide
carbon black
carbon burning (current term)
carbon chauvinism
carbon copied
carbon copies
carbon copy
carbon copying
carbon cost
carbon costs
carbon credit
carbon credits
carbon cycle
carbon dating
carbon debt
carbon dichloride
carbon dioxide

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