fusion

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)

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

fusion (countable and uncountable, plural fusions)

1. The act of merging separate elements, or the result thereof.
   • 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:

     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 (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women.

   1. (physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
   2. (music) A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.
   3. A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
   5. The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
      • a. 1728 (date written), Isaac Newton, “ 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, 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.

   6. (genetics) The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
   7. (cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
   8. (fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine"): fission

Derived terms

Related terms

• fuse

Translations

Verb

fusion (third-person singular simple present fusions, present participle fusioning, simple past and past participle fusioned)

1. (nonstandard) to combine; to fuse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, a borrowing from Latin fūsiōnem. Doublet of foison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

fusion f (plural fusions)

1. (physics, chemistry) fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)
2. (figuratively) mix; mixture
3. (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 , 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūsiō, fūsiōnem.

Noun

fusion f (plural fusions)

1. fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)

Descendants

• French: fusion
  • → Turkish: füzyon
• → English: fusion

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

fusion

Wikipedia ^pl

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)

1. jazz fusion

   Synonym: jazz-rock

2. fusion cuisine

Further reading

• fusion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin fusiō, fusiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɵˈɧuːn/

Noun

fusion c

1. (physics) nuclear fusion
2. The process whereby two companies merge to become one.

Declension

See also

• fission

References

• fusion in Svensk ordbok (SO)