Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thermonuclear_reaction

1 sense of thermonuclear reaction

Sense 1
thermonuclear reaction -- (a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun))
       => fusion, nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction -- (a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy)