炭たん酸さん同どう化か

noun

carbon assimilation; carbon fixation

Biochemistry term for the process by which inorganic carbon (especially CO₂) is converted into organic compounds by living organisms. Synonymous with 炭素固定.

See also: 炭素固定

• 植しょく物ぶつは光こう合ごう成せいによって炭たん酸さん同どう化かを行おこなう。

  Plants perform carbon assimilation through photosynthesis.

• 炭たん酸さん同どう化か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.