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Nitrogen cycle
Meaning
Noun
●
In Nitrogen:
The natural
circulation
of
nitrogen
, in which
atmospheric
nitrogen
is
converted
to
nitrogen oxides
by
lightning
and
deposited
in the
soil
by
rain
, where it is
assimilated
by
plants
and either
eaten
by
animals
(and
returned
as
faeces
) or
decomposed
back to
elemental
nitrogen
by bacteria.
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