carbon fixation

British  

noun

1. the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds

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carbon fixation Scientific  

1. The process in plants and algae by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted into organic carbon compounds, such as carbohydrates, usually by photosynthesis.

2. See more at carbon cycle

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Example Sentences

By limiting the activity of these oxidizers with a specialized chemical, the team expected to see a sharp drop in carbon fixation.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

If ammonia-oxidizing archaea are not responsible for as much carbon fixation as once believed, other microbes must be stepping in.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

When biomass is burnt, CO2 is created, but this is equal to the amount of CO2 captured during carbon fixation.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

Most ecosystems on Earth are powered from the base up by sunlight, which drives carbon fixation through photosynthesis.

From Scientific American • Feb. 3, 2015

C A M plants temporally separate carbon fixation and the Calvin cycle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015