fusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfjuː.ʒən/
rhymes: -uːʒən
Forms: form: fusions
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 (“I pour, I melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:
glosses: The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: 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.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: 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.
glosses: The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
examples: text: 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.
ref: a. 1728 (date written), Isaac Newton, “[The Third Book of Opticks.] [Qu[estion] 25. Are there not other original Properties of the Rays of Light, besides those already described?]”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. […], 4th edition, London: […] William Innys […], published 1730, →OCLC, page 329:
text: 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.
ref: 1855, James David Forbes, “On Glaciers In General”, in Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers, published 1859, page 239:
text: 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.
ref: 1951, Peter L. Paull, Frederick Burton Sellers, Method of Reducing Metal Oxides, US Patent 2740706:
text: 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.
ref: 2002, Philippe Rousset, “Modeling Crystallization Kinetics of Triacylglycerols”, in Alejandro G. Marangoni, Suresh Narine, editors, Physical Properties of Lipids, →ISBN:
glosses: The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: 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.
Hyponyms: cold fusion
hot fusion
Derived terms: atomic fusion
autofusion
bubble fusion
butt fusion
co-fusion
cold fusion
data fusion
defusion
electrofusion
enfuvirtide
fission-fusion society
fusional
fusion bomb
fusion center
fusion cuisine
fusioneer
fusionesque
fusionism
fusionist
fusionless
fusionlike
fusion protein
fusion reactor
fusion rocket
fusion tag
fusion torch
fusiony
heat of fusion
helium fusion
hemifusion
hot fusion
interfusion
jazz fusion
mechanofusion
microfusion
myofusion
nonfusion
nuclear fusion
postfusion
prefusion
pseudofusion
refusion
reggae fusion
sonofusion
stereofusion
world fusion
Related terms: fuse