Usually means: Nuclear fusion of helium nuclei.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (helium burning)

noun:  (physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars with temperatures over 10⁸K, in which helium is converted to carbon and then to oxygen, neon and magnesium

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