carbon cycle

English

Noun

carbon cycle (plural carbon cycles)

1. the physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification.

Related terms

• carbon-nitrogen cycle
• CNO cycle
• nitrogen cycle
• oxygen cycle
• hydrogen cycle

Translations

cycle of carbon

• Catalan: cicle del carboni m
• Danish: kulstofkredsløb n, carbonkredsløb n
• Dutch: koolstofkringloop (nl) n
• Finnish: hiilikierto, hiilisykli
• French: cycle du carbone m
• German: Kohlenstoffzyklus m, Kohlenstoffkreislauf m
• Icelandic: hringrás kolefnis f
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• Irish: timthriall carbóin m
• Italian: ciclo del carbonio (it) m
• Maori: hurihanga waro
• Portuguese: ciclo do carbono m
• Russian: цикл углеро́да m (cikl ugleróda)
• Spanish: ciclo del carbono m
• Tagalog: ikot-karbono, ikot-karbon

See also

• respiration
• circulatory system
• pulmonary circulation