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noun
The physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: thermonuclear reaction
noun
the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
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