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nitrogen cycle en · NOUN

Meanings

  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.

Translations (7)

pl cykl nitryfikacyjny (natural circulation of nitrogen) · fi typpikierto (natural circulation of nitrogen) · fi typen kierto (natural circulation of nitrogen) · pl cykl azotowy (natural circulation of nitrogen) · ga timthriall nítrigine (natural circulation of nitrogen) · ja 窒素循環 (natural circulation of nitrogen) · mi hurihanga hauota (natural circulation of nitrogen)