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fuse¹
- /fjuːz/
Sounds like fuze · Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
noun fuses
- A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive. The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.
- An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end.
- Alternative spelling of fuze, a detonator, any mechanism igniting an explosive substance or device.
- A tendency to lose one's temper. When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
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A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
Similar: fusee
- A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
verb fuses · fusing · fused
- To furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on.
- Alternative spelling of fuze, to equip with a detonator.
fuse²
- /fjuːz/
Sounds like fuze · Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”), first to verbal sense, then noun.
noun fuses
- A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
verb fuses · fusing · fused
- To liquify by heat; melt. Pure sodium is a lustrous metal... it fuses very easily at a temperature of 97°, and distils at a bright red heat (742°...)
- To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. sensations and ideas fusing intimately together
- To melt together.
- To combine through nuclear fusion.
- To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
- To stop operating, having been protected against overcurrent by its fuse blowing. When the bath overflowed, the downstairs lights fused, so we need a torch.
- To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fuze, fusee, fuzee, mix, immix, blend, commingle, meld, coalesce, conflate, merge, combine, primer, electrical fuse, detonator, igniter
Translations
Every language
noun wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive
| Español | mecha |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도화선 dohwaseon |
| 日本語 | 導火線 dōkasen |
| 中文 | 導火線 /导火线 dǎohuǒxiàn, 導火索 /导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ, 引火線 /引火线 yǐnhuǒxiàn, 引線 /引线 yǐnxiàn |
| Português | pavio, rastilho |
| Français | cordeau, mèche |
| Deutsch | Zündschnur |
| Italiano | miccia |
| Ελληνικά | θρυαλλίδα thryallída, φιτίλι fitíli |
| Русский | фити́ль fitílʹ, огнепрово́дный шнур ogneprovódnyj šnur |
| العربية | فَتِيل fatīl |
noun detonator
| Español | espoleta, espiga |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신관 sin'gwan |
| 日本語 | 信管 shinkan |
| 中文 | 引信 yǐnxìn, 信管 xìnguǎn |
| Português | pavio |
| Français | détonateur |
| Deutsch | Zünder |
| Italiano | miccia, innesco, detonatore |
| Ελληνικά | θρυαλλίδα thryallída, εμπύρευμα empýrevma |
| Русский | запа́л zapál, детона́тор detonátor |
noun device preventing overload of a circuit
| Español | fusible, fius |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 퓨즈 pyujeu |
| 日本語 | ヒューズ hyūzu |
| 中文 | 保險絲 /保险丝 bǎoxiǎnsī |
| Português | fusível |
| Français | fusible, plomb |
| Deutsch | Sicherung |
| Italiano | fusibile |
| Ελληνικά | τηκτασφάλεια tiktasfáleia |
| Русский | пла́вкий предохрани́тель plávkij predoxranítelʹ, про́бка próbka |
| Tiếng Việt | cầu chì |
| العربية | مُنْصَهِرَة munṣahira, مصهر miṣhar |
verb transitive: to melt together
| Español | fundir, fusionar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 熔化 rónghuà, 混合 hùnhé |
| Português | fundir |
| Français | fondre |
| Deutsch | verschmelzen |
| Italiano | fondere |
| Ελληνικά | τήκω tíko, λιώνω lióno |
| Русский | сплавля́ть splavljátʹ |
| עברית | מִזֵּג mizzég |
verb intransitive: to melt together
| Español | fusionarse, fundir |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 熔化 rónghuà, 混合 hùnhé |
| Français | fusionner |
| Deutsch | verschmelzen |
| Italiano | fondersi |
| Ελληνικά | τήκομαι tíkomai |
| Русский | сплавля́ться splavljátʹsja, слива́ться slivátʹsja, сли́ться slítʹsja |
| עברית | הִתְמַזֵּג hitmazzég |
verb transitive: to furnish with a fuse
| 中文 | 裝引信 /装引信 zhuāng xìnguǎn |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | absichern |
| Русский | предохранять predoxranjatʹ |
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title = {fuse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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