Calvin Cycle Definition

noun
A series of chemical reactions that occur as part of photosynthesis, in which carbon is broken away from gaseous carbon dioxide and fixed as organic carbon in compounds that are ultimately converted into sugars.
American Heritage

(biochemistry) A series of biochemical reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms.

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Noun

Singular:
Calvin cycle
Plural:
Calvin cycles

Origin of Calvin Cycle

  • After its joint discoverer Melvin Ellis Calvin (1911-1997).

    From Wiktionary

  • After Melvin Calvin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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