fusion

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈfjuː.ʒən/(UK)

Definition of fusion

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
  5. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
    “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.”
  6. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
  7. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
  8. (countable, uncountable)The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.

verb

  1. (nonstandard, transitive)To combine; to fuse.

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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.

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