carbon cycle

Definition of carbon cycle

Nouns

the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
Type of:
biological process, organic process
a process occurring in living organisms
a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars
Type of:
thermonuclear reaction
a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun)

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