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THERMONUCLEAR REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermonuclear reaction mean? 

THERMONUCLEAR REACTION (noun)
  The noun THERMONUCLEAR REACTION has 1 sense:

1. a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun)play

  Familiarity information: THERMONUCLEAR REACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THERMONUCLEAR REACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("thermonuclear reaction" is a kind of...):

fusion; nuclear fusion; nuclear fusion reaction (a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thermonuclear reaction"):

carbon cycle (a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars)


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