English Explanatory Dictionary

helium burning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the nucleosynthesis process, in stars with temperatures over 10⁸K, in which helium is converted to carbon and then to oxygen, neon and magnesium

Word forms

helium burning
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