fusion
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈfjuː.ʒən//
The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
noun
- 1
The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
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The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
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The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.
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The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
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The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.
From a vault in the green-blue ice, more or less perfectly formed each summer, the torrent issues, which represents the natural drainage of the valley, derived partly from land-springs, partly from fusion of the ice.
The upper limit of temperature is determined by the point at which fusion of the ore takes place, or often, for practical purposes, the temperature at which the ore softens and agglomerates.
Below the temperature of fusion of the solid phase, the growth rate of the solid/ liquid interface at low undercooling is affected mainly by undercooling.
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The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
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The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
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The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
Etymology
First appears c. 1555, in a translation by Richard Eden. From Middle French fusion, from Latin fūsiōnem (the accusative of fūsiō), from fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour; to melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.
verb
- 1
To combine; to fuse.
Forms
- plural
- fusions
- past tense
- fusioned
- past participle
- fusioned
- present participle
- fusioning
- third person singular
- fusions
fusion · The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
fuss · Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.fussing · Excessive care; act of one who fusses.fussy · Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.