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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fusion has 7 senses
- fusion(n = noun.event) merger, unification - an occurrence that involves the production of a union; Array is a kind of union
- fusion(n = noun.state) coalition - the state of being combined into one body; Array is a kind of unification, union
- fusion(n = noun.process) Array - the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words; Array is a kind of linguistic process
- fusion(n = noun.process) nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction - a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy; Array has particulars: cold fusion, thermonuclear reaction
- fusion(n = noun.cognition) optical fusion - the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept; Array is a kind of beholding, seeing, visual perception
- fusion(n = noun.act) spinal fusion - correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization; Array is a kind of correction
- fusion(n = noun.act) Array - the act of fusing (or melting) together; Array is a kind of combination, combining, compounding
Derived form verb fuse1
has particulars: alliance, confederation, federalisation, federalization
has particulars: syncretism
is a kind of nuclear reaction
Derived forms verb fuse1, verb fuse4
CIDE DICTIONARY
fusion, n. [L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour, melt: cf. F. fusion. See Fuse, v. t. , aud cf, Foison.].
- The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals. [1913 Webster]
- The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion. [1913 Webster]
- The union or blending together of things, as, melted together. [1913 Webster]"The universal fusion of races, languages, and customs . . .
had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds." [1913 Webster] - The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues. [1913 Webster]
Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fusion, n.
1 the act or an instance of fusing or melting.
2 a fused mass.
3 the blending of different things into one.
4 a coalition.
5 Physics = nuclear fusion.
1 the act or an instance of fusing or melting.
2 a fused mass.
3 the blending of different things into one.
4 a coalition.
5 Physics = nuclear fusion.
Idiom
fusion bomb a bomb involving nuclear fusion, esp. a hydrogen bomb.
Derivative
fusional adj.
Etymology
F fusion or L fusio (as FUSE(1))
THESAURUS
fusion
Anschluss, addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, colliquation, combination, combine, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composition, compound, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, copartnership, copartnery, decoagulation, deliquescence, deliquium, dissolution, dissolving, eclecticism, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fellowship, fluidification, fluidization, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusibility, fusing, hookup, identification, identity, immixture, inclusion, incorporation, individuality, indivisibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, inviolability, irreducibility, junction, junta, leaching, league, liquation, liquefaction, liquescence, liquescency, lixiviation, marriage, meld, melding, melting, merger, mingling, mixing, mixture, oneness, organic unity, package, package deal, particularity, partnership, percolation, pluralism, purity, running, selfsameness, simplicity, singleness, singularity, sodality, solidarity, solidification, solidity, solubilization, solution, sorority, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, thaw, thawing, thermonuclear fusion, thermonuclear reaction, thermoplasticity, tie-in, tie-up, unclotting, undividedness, unification, uniformity, union, uniqueness, unity, univocity, wedding, wholenessROGET THESAURUS
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Combination
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.Cooperation
N cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.Calefaction
N calefaction, increase of temperature, heating, calefaction, tepefaction, torrefaction, melting, fusion, liquefaction, burning, ambustion, combustion, incension, accension, concremation, cremation, scorification, cautery, cauterization, ustulation, calcination, cracking, refining, incineration, cineration, carbonization, cupellation, ignition, inflammation, adustion, flagration, deflagration, conflagration, empyrosis, incendiarism, arson, auto dafe, boiling, coction, ebullition, estuation, elixation, decoction, ebullioscope, geyser, distillation (vaporization), furnace, blanket, flannel, fur, wadding, clothing, still, refinery, fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower, match, incendiary, petroleuse, cauterizer, caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa, acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia, catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid, radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium, sunstroke, coup de soleil, insolation, pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china, earthenware, stoneware, pot, mug, terra cotta, brick, clinker, cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot, slag, coke, carbon, charcoal, wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil, gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel), wax, paraffin, residue, tar, inflammability, combustibility, diathermancy, transcalency, conduction, convection, radiation, radiant heat, heat conductivity, conductivity, thermal expansion, coefficient of expansion, heated, molten, sodden, r_echauff_e, heating, adust, inflammable, combustible, diathermal, diathermanous, burnt, volcanic, radioactive.
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