chemosynthesis

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolquimiosíntesis

Françaischimiosynthèse

DeutschChemosynthese

9 more languages

العربيةتمثيل كيميائي

Ελληνικάχημειοσύνθεση

Suomikemosynteesi

日本語化学合成

Қазақ тіліхемосинтез

한국어화학합성

Portuguêsquimiossíntese

Русскийхемоси́нтез

Türkçekemosentez

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

chemosystematics chemotacticity chemotaxin chemotaxis chemotaxonomist chemotaxonomy

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