"nitrogen cycle" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} nitrogen cycle
  1. The natural circulation of nitrogen, in which atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen oxides by lightning and deposited in the soil by rain, where it is assimilated by plants and either eaten by animals (and returned as faeces) or decomposed back to elemental nitrogen by bacteria. Wikipedia link: nitrogen cycle Categories (topical): Nitrogen Translations (natural circulation of nitrogen): typpikierto (Finnish), typen kierto (Finnish), timthriall nítrigine [masculine] (Irish), 窒素循環 (chisso junkan) (Japanese), hurihanga hauota (Maori)

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