炭たん素そ同どう化か作さ用よう

noun

carbon assimilation; carbon fixation

Biochemistry term for the process by which inorganic carbon (CO₂) is converted into organic compounds by living organisms. Often used in the context of photosynthesis.

See also: 炭酸同化作用

• 植しょく物ぶつは光こう合ごう成せいによって炭たん素そ同どう化か作さ用ようを行おこなう。

  Plants perform carbon assimilation through photosynthesis.

• 炭たん素そ同どう化か作さ用ようは地ち球きゅうの炭たん素そ循じゅん環かんにおいて重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

  Carbon fixation plays an important role in the global carbon cycle.