1.  carbon cycle(n = noun.process) - the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again;
is a kind of biological process, organic process

2.  carbon cycle(n = noun.process) - a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars;
is a kind of thermonuclear reaction

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