nucleosynthesis

English

Etymology

nucleo- +‎ synthesis

Noun

Wikipedia nucleosynthesis (plural nucleosyntheses)

1. (physics, astronomy) Any of several processes that lead to the synthesis of heavier atomic nuclei.

Derived terms

• nucleosynthetic

Translations

process that leads to synthesis in stars

• Finnish: nukleosynteesi (fi)
• French: nucléosynthèse (fr) f
• German: Nukleosynthese (de) f

• Ido: nuklealasintezo (io)
• Italian: nucleosintesi (it) f
• Korean: 핵합성 (ko) (haekhapseong)

See also

• Big Bang nucleosynthesis
• hydrogen burning
• helium burning
• carbon burning
• oxygen burning
• silicon burning
• s-process
• r-process
• LiBeB process
• carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle