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fusion
- /ˈfjuː.ʒən/ UK
Rhymes with -uːʒən
Where it comes from
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.
noun fusions
- The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. 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
- A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
- A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.
- A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
- The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it. 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.
- The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
- The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
- The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
verb fusions · fusioning · fusioned
- To combine; to fuse.
