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Definition of Carbon cycle
1. Noun. The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again.
2. Noun. A thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars.
Definition of Carbon cycle
1. Noun. the physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Cycle
Literary usage of Carbon cycle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The carbon cycle.—Carbohydrates, such as cellulose, starch, sugar?, and similar
constituents of vegetable and animal matter, are fermented, ..."
2. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"—The carbon cycle. A schematic representation of the circulation of carbon in
nature. accordingly we find that another type of Bacteria (NITRITE BACTERIA) ..."
3. Agricultural Bacteriology by Herbert William Conn (1918)
"THE carbon cycle THE CONTINUATION OF THE FOOD-SUPPLY The farmer's primary occupation
consists in converting soil, water, and air into human food. ..."
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