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Definition of Silicon burning
1. Noun. (context: physics astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 3x109K, in which silicon undergoes photodisintegration to form fragments which in turn produce elements up to those of atomic number 60, peaking at iron ¹
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