carbon burning
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.
carbon
UK /ˈkɑɹ.bən/ US /ˈkɑɹ.bən/
noun 5name 5verb 1
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noun
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The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material
All life as we know it has carbon as the backbone of many of its molecules; carbon’s tetravalence gives it special importance in biochemical molecular bonds.
Carbon is the most common element in our bodies—indeed, in all living things on earth.
2
An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.
3
A sheet of carbon paper.
He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon.
4
A carbon copy.
Please provide me with a carbon of your form.
Press firmly: you are making a carbon.
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A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
verb
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To send a carbon copy of an email message to.
When I send it, I’ll carbon Julia so she’s aware.
name
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A surname.
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A place name:
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A place name:
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A place name:
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A place name:
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