English Explanatory Dictionary

oxygen burning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The nucleosynthesis process, subsequent to carbon burning, in which neon disintegrates to oxygen which subsequently fuses to form silicon, phosphorus sulfur and other elements of atomic number up to 40.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical combustion of diatomic oxygen gas.

Word forms

oxygen burning oxygen burnings
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