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carbon detonations

carbon detonations is the plural of carbon detonation.

Meaning of carbon detonation

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.

Questions about carbon detonations

What is carbon detonations the plural of?
Carbon detonations is the plural of carbon detonation.

Words near carbon detonations in the dictionary

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

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