单词 | carbon fixation |
释义 | carbon fixationnounthe process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds Words nearby carbon fixationcarbon disulfide, carbon disulphide, carbonette, carbon fiber, carbon fibre, carbon fixation, carbon footprint, carbonic, carbonic acid, carbonic-acid gas, carbonic anhydrase Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for carbon fixationcarbon fixation The process in plants and algae by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted into organic carbon compounds, such as carbohydrates, usually by photosynthesis. See more at carbon cycle. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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