An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The process by which → nuclear reactions at very high temperatures and pressures produce the various → chemical elements of the → periodic table, either in the → Big Bang or in stellar interiors. See also → primordial nucleosynthesis, → stellar nucleosynthesis, → explosive nucleosynthesis.

Etymology (EN): From nucleo-, combining form of → nucleus +
→ synthesis.

Etymology (PE): Haste-handâyeš, from hasté→ nucleus + handâyeš→ synthesis.