fusion
See also: Fusion and fusión
English
Etymology
1555, 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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfjuː.ʒən/
Audio (UK male) (file) - Rhymes: -uːʒən
Noun
fusion (countable and uncountable, plural fusions)
- The act of merging separate elements, or the result thereof.
- (physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
- (music) 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.
- 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 1118497469, page 329:
- 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.
- 1855, James David Forbes, “On Glaciers In General”, in Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers, published 1859, page 239:
- 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.
- 1951, Peter L. Paull & Frederick Burton Sellers, Method of Reducing Metal Oxides, US Patent 2740706:
- 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.
- 2002, Philippe Rousset, “Modeling Crystallization Kinetics of Triacylglycerols”, in Alejandro G. Marangoni & Suresh Narine, editors, Physical Properties of Lipids, →ISBN:
- 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.
- (genetics) The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
- (cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
- (fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
Antonyms
- (nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine): fission
Derived terms
- atomic fusion
- butt fusion
- co-fusion
- cold fusion
- data fusion
- fusion bomb
- fusion center
- fusion cuisine
- fusion protein
- fusion reactor
- fusion rocket
- fusion tag
- fusion torch
- heat of fusion
- helium fusion
- hot fusion
- jazz fusion
- nuclear fusion
- reggae fusion
Related terms
- fuse
Translations
act of melting something by heating it
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merging of elements into a union
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nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
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type of music
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style of cooking
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act of melting or liquefying something by heating it
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result of the hybridation of two genes
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lipid bilayers merging their hydrophobic core
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Verb
fusion (third-person singular simple present fusions, present participle fusioning, simple past and past participle fusioned)
- (nonstandard) to combine; to fuse
French
Etymology
From Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, a borrowing from Latin fūsiō, fūsiōnem. Doublet of foison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.zjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
fusion f (plural fusions)
- (physics, chemistry) fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)
- (figuratively) mix; mixture
- (nuclear physics) fusion
- Antonym: fission
Derived terms
- en fusion
- point de fusion
Descendants
- → Turkish: füzyon
Further reading
- “fusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fūsiō, fūsiōnem.
Noun
fusion f (plural fusions)
- fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)
Descendants
- French: fusion
- → Turkish: füzyon
- → English: fusion
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English fusion, from Middle French fusion, from Latin fūsiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfju.ʐɨn/
- Rhymes: -uʐɨn
- Syllabification: fu‧sion
Noun
fusion n (indeclinable)
- jazz fusion
- Synonym: jazz-rock
- fusion cuisine
Further reading
- fusion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fusion in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin fusiō, fusiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɵˈɧuːn/
Noun
fusion c
- (physics) nuclear fusion
- The process whereby two companies merge to become one.
Declension
| Declension of fusion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fusion | fusionen | fusioner | fusionerna |
| Genitive | fusions | fusionens | fusioners | fusionernas |
See also
- fission
References
- fusion in Svensk ordbok (SO)