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hydrogen burning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
hy-dro-gen burn-ing
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of less than 1.2 solar mass, in which hydrogen is converted to helium, deuterium and some lithium.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical oxidation of diatomic hydrogen gas.

Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

helium burning carbon burning oxygen burning silicon burning

Questions

What does hydrogen burning mean?
The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of less than 1.2 solar mass, in which hydrogen is converted to helium, deuterium and some lithium.

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