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单词 nitrogen cycle
释义

nitrogen cycle

noun

: a continuous series of natural processes by which nitrogen passes successively from air to soil to organisms and back to air or soil involving principally nitrogen fixation, nitrification, decay, and denitrification

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Biology students may remember learning the water cycle, the carbon cycle or the nitrogen cycle. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2021 Among that sediment was cyanobacteria, microorganisms capable of photosynthesis and an important player in the nitrogen cycle. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 4 Feb. 2020 Doolittle illustrates the idea using the nitrogen cycle. Quanta Magazine, 20 Nov. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

nitrogen cycle

noun

: a continuous series of natural processes by which nitrogen passes from air to soil to living things and back into the air

Medical Definition

nitrogen cycle

noun

: a continuous series of natural processes by which nitrogen passes through successive stations in air, soil, and organisms and which principally involves nitrogen fixation, nitrification, decay, and denitrification
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