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NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nucleosynthesis mean?
• NUCLEOSYNTHESIS (noun)
The noun NUCLEOSYNTHESIS has 1 sense:
1. (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom
Familiarity information: NUCLEOSYNTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("nucleosynthesis" is a kind of...):
synthesis (the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds))
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
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