炭たん素そ固こ定てい

noun

carbon fixation; carbon assimilation

Biochemistry term for the process by which inorganic carbon (CO₂) is converted into organic compounds, especially in photosynthesis.

• 植しょく物ぶつは光こう合ごう成せいの過か程ていで炭たん素そ固こ定ていを行おこなう。

  Plants perform carbon fixation during photosynthesis.

• 炭たん素そ固こ定てい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.