"carbon burning" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} carbon burning (uncountable)
  1. (physics, astronomy, idiomatic) The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted their helium supply, in which carbon is converted to neon, sodium, magnesium and other elements. Wikidata QID: Q1075685 Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Hypernyms: nucleosynthesis, nuclear fusion, fusion Coordinate_terms: hydrogen burning, helium burning, oxygen burning, silicon burning
    Sense id: en-carbon_burning-en-noun-en:Q1075685 Categories (other): Astronomy, Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nuclear fusion, Nuclear physics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Nuclear fusion: 100 0 Disambiguation of Nuclear physics: 100 0 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical oxidation of carbon. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-carbon_burning-en-noun-en:literal Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, Carbon Disambiguation of Carbon: 40 60
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