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NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("nucleosynthesis" is a kind of...):
synthesis (the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds))
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)