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carbon detonation

carbon detonation 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.

Noun

carbon detonation (countable and uncountable, plural carbon detonations)

  1. (nuclear physics) 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.

Forms of carbon detonation

pluralcarbon detonations

Questions about carbon detonation

What does carbon detonation mean?
Carbon detonation means 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.
What part of speech is carbon detonation?
Carbon detonation is a noun.
What is the plural of carbon detonation?
The plural of carbon detonation is carbon detonations.

Words near carbon detonation in the dictionary

  1. carbon cycles
  2. carbon dating
  3. carbon datings
  4. carbon debt
  5. carbon debts
  6. carbon detonation
  7. carbon detonations
  8. carbon dioxid
  9. carbon dioxide
  10. carbon dioxide equivalent
  11. carbon dioxide snow

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