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Fusion   /fjˈuʒən/   Listen
Fusion

noun
1.
An occurrence that involves the production of a union.  Synonyms: merger, unification.
2.
The state of being combined into one body.  Synonym: coalition.
3.
The merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words.
4.
A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.  Synonyms: nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction.
5.
The combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept.  Synonym: optical fusion.
6.
Correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization.  Synonym: spinal fusion.
7.
The act of fusing (or melting) together.



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"Fusion" Quotes from Famous Books



... direction or extent. They may be changed and gradually assume the nature of each other, so far as concerns the materials of which they are formed, but there cannot be any sudden change, fracture, or displacement naturally in the body of a stratum. But if the strata are cemented by the heat of fusion, and erected with an expansive power acting below, we may expect to find every species of fracture, dislocation, and contortion in those bodies and every degree of departure from a ...
— A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

... modifications brought about by fusion and other changes in simple parallel lines. They may be confined to one side of the food bowl, may repeat each other at intervals, or surround the whole vessel. Ordinarily, however, they are confined to one side of ...
— Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 • Jesse Walter Fewkes

... combination; mixture &c. 41; junction &c. 43; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis[obs3], fusion, blending, absorption, centralization. alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid[Lat]; resultant, impregnation. V. combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody[obs3], blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... their "abutment pole" lamp, and is found to work very well in practice on the negative electrodes, but is inapplicable on the positive carbons on account of the higher temperature of the latter, which is liable to destroy the metallic stop by fusion, and it is for this reason that the positive carbon in Mr. Hedges' lamp is controlled by the method we have already described. For alternating currents, however, the abutment stop may be ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 • Various

... which clearly form no part of our personality, that when we try to bring ourselves to book, and determine wherein we consist, or to draw a line as to where we begin or end, we find ourselves completely baffled. There is nothing but fusion ...
— Life and Habit • Samuel Butler


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