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THERMONUCLEAR REACTION
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I. (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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