hydrogen burning en · NOUN
Meanings
- (idiomatic, uncountable) The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of less than 1.2 solar mass, in which hydrogen is converted to helium, deuterium and some lithium.
- (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical oxidation of diatomic hydrogen gas.
Coordinates
helium burning · oxygen burning · silicon burning · carbon burning
Hypernyms
nucleosynthesis · fusion · nuclear fusion
Translations (1)
de Wasserstoffbrennen (process, in which hydrogen is converted to helium)