炭たん酸さん固こ定てい

noun

carbon fixation; carbon assimilation

Biochemistry term for the process by which inorganic carbon (especially CO₂) is converted into organic compounds. Often used in contexts such as photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. See also 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固こ定ていを行おこなう。

  Plants perform carbon fixation through photosynthesis.

• 炭たん酸さん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している。

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