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oxygen burning

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
oxy-gen burn-ing
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The nucleosynthesis process, subsequent to carbon burning, in which neon disintegrates to oxygen which subsequently fuses to form silicon, phosphorus sulfur and other elements of atomic number up to 40.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical combustion of diatomic oxygen gas.

Uncountable

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Physics.

Inflected Forms

oxygen burnings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hydrogen burning helium burning carbon burning silicon burning

Questions

What does oxygen burning mean?
The nucleosynthesis process, subsequent to carbon burning, in which neon disintegrates to oxygen which subsequently fuses to form silicon, phosphorus sulfur and other elements of atomic number up to 40.

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