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carbon cycle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: carbon cycle

1
n
the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
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n
a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: carbon cycle
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n 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
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n 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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