Idiom
oxygen burning
Meaning
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.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Massive stars undergo oxygen burning late in their life cycles.”
“After the star exhausts its carbon supply, the core temperature rises enough to trigger oxygen burning.”
“The complex nucleosynthesis occurring within the stellar core during oxygen burning creates heavier elements like silicon and sulfur before the final collapse.”
Examples
simple
“Massive stars undergo oxygen burning late in their life cycles.”
contextual
“After the star exhausts its carbon supply, the core temperature rises enough to trigger oxygen burning.”
complex
“The complex nucleosynthesis occurring within the stellar core during oxygen burning creates heavier elements like silicon and sulfur before the final collapse.”
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