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Fusion

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. countable, uncountable

    "These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women."

  2. 2
    the act of fusing (or melting) together wordnet
  3. 3
    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. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization wordnet
  5. 5
    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. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept wordnet
  2. 7
    The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.; A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    an occurrence that involves the production of a union wordnet
  4. 9
    The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.; The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  5. 10
    a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy wordnet
  6. 11
    The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.; The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words wordnet
  8. 13
    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. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    the state of being combined into one body wordnet
  10. 15
    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. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To combine; to fuse. nonstandard, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 (“I pour, I melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.

Etymology 2

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 (“I pour, I melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.

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