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carbon detonation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
car-bon det-o-na-tion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The explosive ignition of thermonuclear fusion within a carbon-oxygen white dwarf star that occurs when its mass exceeds approximately 1.4 times that of the Sun (due to accretion of material or merger with another star), producing a supernova which completely destroys the star.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

carbon detonations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

helium flash

Questions

What does carbon detonation mean?
The explosive ignition of thermonuclear fusion within a carbon-oxygen white dwarf star that occurs when its mass exceeds approximately 1.4 times that of the Sun (due to accretion of material or merger with another star), producing a supernova which completely destroys the star.

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