nucleosynthesis

English

Etymology

From nucleo- +‎ synthesis.

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Noun

nucleosynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural nucleosyntheses)

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

   Synonym: nucleogenesis

   Hypernyms: nuclear fusion < fusion

   Hyponyms: hydrogen burning, helium burning, carbon burning, oxygen burning, silicon burning

Derived terms

• nucleosynthetic

Translations

process that leads to synthesis in stars

• Dutch: nucleosynthese f
• Finnish: nukleosynteesi (fi)
• French: nucléosynthèse (fr) f
• German: Nukleosynthese (de) f
• Greek: πυρηνοσύνθεση f (pyrinosýnthesi)
• Ido: nuklealasintezo
• Italian: nucleosintesi f
• Korean: 핵합성 (haekhapseong)
• Polish: nukleosynteza f
• Russian: нуклеоси́нтез (ru) m (nukleosíntez)

See also

• carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
• LiBeB process
• r-process
• s-process