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nitrogen fixation

n 1  :  the industrial conversion of free nitrogen into combined forms useful esp. as starting materials for fertilizers or explosives  2  :  the metabolic assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil microorganisms and esp. rhizobia and its release for plant use by nitrification in the soil on the death of the microorganisms .
 
 

 
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