Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triple-alpha process

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: triple-al-pha pro-cess
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of fusion reactions by which stars are thought to convert helium to carbon.

Inflected Forms

triple-alpha processes (plural) triple-α process (alternative)

Questions

What does triple-alpha process mean?: A set of fusion reactions by which stars are thought to convert helium to carbon.

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