nucleosynthesis

English Thesaurus

1. (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom (noun.process)

hypernym	:	synthesis,
definition	:	the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) (noun.process)

domain category	:	astronomy, uranology,
definition	:	the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition)