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Definition: Fusion |
FusionNoun1. An occurrence that involves the production of a union. 2. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. 3. The state of being combined into one body. 4. The merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words. 5. The combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept. 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. 7. The act of fusing (or melting) together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fusion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1642. (references) |
Etymology: Fusion \Fu"sion\, noun. [Latin expression fusio, from fundere, fusum to pour, melt: compare to the French expression fusion. See Fuse, transitive verb, aud cf, Foison.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Computing | FUSION Software package supplied by Network Research Corporation claiming to connect various different configurations of LAN. fusion |
Aerospace | The combining of atoms and consequent release of energy. (references) |
Astronomy | A process where nuclei collide so fast they stick together and emit a great deal of energy. In the center of most stars, hydrogen fuses together to form helium. Fusion is so powerful it supports the star's enormous mass from collapsing in on itself, and heats the star so high it glows as the bright object we see today. Scientists here on earth are trying to make nuclear fusion in the laboratory a useful energy source. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Change of phase from solid to liquid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A ventricular contraction which results from more than one advancing excitatory wavefront occurring at the same time, such as may occur when a ventricular ectopic focus discharges shortly after the sinus node. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | 1. The process whereby the nuclei of light elements combine to form the nucleus of a heavier element, with the release of tremendous amounts of energy. 2. In intelligence usage, the blending of intelligence and/or information from multiple sources or agencies into a coherent picture. The origin of the initial individual items should then no longer be apparent. (references) |
Mining | A. A union by or as if by a combination of ingredients achieved by heating, and mixing together b. The union of atomic nuclei to form heavier nuclei, resulting in the release of enormous quantities of energy when certain light elementsunite. Also called nuclear fusion. CF:fission. (references) |
Physics | In nuclear terms, the extraction of energy from the combining or fusing of lighter elements. Source: European Union. (references) |
Space | The combining of lighter elements into heavier ones. For lighter elements (e.g., hydrogen, helium) this process releases energy. Fusion is how stars produce energy, and is being researched as a way to produce power on Earth. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
see also: Nuclear fusion, jazz-rock fusion, Fusion cuisine, cold fusion, Nuclear fission, nuclear weapons, Fusion (comics)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fusion."
Synonyms: FusionSynonyms: coalition (n), merger (n), nuclear fusion (n), nuclear fusion reaction (n), optical fusion (n), spinal fusion (n), unification (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Noun: increase of temperature; heating. Verb: calefaction, tepefaction, torrefaction; melting, fusion; liquefaction; burning. Verb: ambustion, combustion; incension, accension; concremation, cremation; scorification; cautery, cauterization; ustulation, calcination; cracking, refining; incineration, cineration; carbonization; cupellation. |
Combination | Noun: combination; mixture; junction; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization. |
Cooperation | Joint stock, copartnership; cartel; confederation; (party); coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together; logrolling, freemasonry. |
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Movie/TV Titles | Salsa Con Fusion (2002) IndieDVD Fusion One (2000) | |
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 | Cell fusion producing a large multinucleated cell is a viral cytopathic effect characteristic, but not diagnostic, of infection by HIV-1. Some other viruses can cause this as well. Credit: CDC. |  | Note the fusion of the former scales of which the protective shell is composed, as well as the small, hair-like projections emerging from pores within this mantle. Credit: CDC. |
 | La Fusion H[onore] D[amier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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Health | In a spinal fusion, the two vertebrae are then fused together. (references) | |
SCAPHOCEPHALY applies to premature fusion of the sagittal suture. (references) | ||
The fusion of the rabies virus envelope to the host cell membrane (adsorption) initiates the infection process. (references) | ||
Business | This new orientation came as a direct response to management consultants encroaching on traditional advertisement turf. Another trend which has increased the need for skilled staff (e.g., multimedia designers, internet art directors)is the increased fusion of marketing and advertisement techniques. (references) | |
Economic History | Argentina | Argentines are a fusion of diverse national and ethnic groups, with descendants of Italian and Spanish immigrants predominant. (references) |
Japan | Kyushu hosts numerous diversified research facilities and is a leading center for research in fields such as nuclear fusion, robotics, ceramic materials and high-speed ocean transport carriers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into the caucus and the combination failed, greatly to the chagrin of the fusion managers. |
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| "Fusion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.48% of the time. "Fusion" is used about 1,156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.48% | 1,150 | 6,674 |
| Noun (common) | 0.35% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.17% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,156 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| South Africa | Fusion Capital Limited | USA | Fusion Medical Technologies, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "fusion": atomic fusion ♦ cell fusion ♦ cold fusion ♦ cold fusion reaction ♦ critical flicker fusion ♦ demonstration reactor for nuclear fusion ♦ DTGM fusion protein ♦ Flicker Fusion ♦ fusion bomb ♦ fusion cones ♦ fusion device ♦ Fusion meditations ♦ fusion protein ♦ fusion reactor ♦ fusion weapon ♦ Gene Fusion ♦ heat of fusion ♦ hu14.18-interleukin-2 fusion protein ♦ lack of fusion ♦ latent heat of fusion ♦ loop fusion ♦ Membrane Fusion ♦ nuclear fusion ♦ nuclear fusion reaction ♦ optical fusion ♦ poor fusion ♦ Recombinant Fusion Proteins ♦ spinal fusion ♦ Viral Fusion Proteins ♦ watery fusion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fusion": fusion-catalysed, fusion-generated, fusion-head, fusion-like, fusion-safety. | |
Ending with "fusion": gst-fusion, non-fusion. | |
Containing "fusion": fission-fusion-fission. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cold fusion | 2,051 | cervical fusion | 65 |
metroid fusion | 993 | ford fusion | 64 |
fusion | 720 | crystal sound fusion | 63 |
fusion metroid through walk | 382 | dazzle fusion | 57 |
cold fusion hosting | 280 | code fusion game metroid shark | 55 |
cheat fusion metroid | 246 | ankle fusion | 50 |
spinal fusion | 225 | agenda fusion | 49 |
nuclear fusion | 174 | club fusion | 49 |
fusion metroid rom | 153 | chicago fusion | 47 |
fusion pack | 127 | 10 fusion pack | 46 |
hair fusion | 116 | game fusion | 46 |
cold fusion web hosting | 113 | fusion guide metroid | 44 |
netobjects fusion | 110 | jazz fusion | 44 |
code fusion metroid | 82 | multimedia fusion | 42 |
fusion krylon | 82 | fusion card | 41 |
cold fusion tutorial | 80 | cheat code fusion metroid | 40 |
counter fusion pack strike | 71 | fusion car audio | 40 |
digital fusion | 71 | fusion pack v10 | 39 |
cold fusion mx | 71 | fusion krylon paint | 39 |
lumbar fusion | 67 | wipeout fusion | 38 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fusion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fusion, shkrirje (amalgamation, coalescence, consolidation, creep, extinction, integration, melt, melting, merger, smelt, tie up, welding), përzierje (admixture, amalgamation, blend, chow-chow, commixture, composite, compound, confection, conglomeration, hash, immixture, implication, interference, interfusion, intermixture, involvement, kneading, malaxation, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, mix, mixing, mixture, olio, omnium gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, promiscuity, salmagundi, shuffle, stir, stirring, temper), bashkim (affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, coalescence, community, compound, confederation, conflux, conjunction, consolidation, coupling, hookup, integration, interconnection, interflow, interfusion, joinder, joining, joint, junction, league, ligature, linkage, merger, reconcilability, reunion, seam, soldering, splice, unification, union, welding), bashkëshkrirje (fuse, smelting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تكتل سياسي (caucus, front), صهرنسيب (brother in law), صهر إذابة (melting), إنصهار, إندماج (coalition, incorporation), إلتحام النوى الذرية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стопяване (liquefaction), смес (admixture, alloy, amalgam, commixture, composite, compound, infusion, intermixture, medley, melange, miscellany, mix, mixture), сливане (amalgamation, coalescence, confluence, contraction, interflow, merger), сплав (alloy, composition metal), синтез (synthesis), разтопяване (melting), разтопена маса, топене (liquefaction, melting, thaw), коалиция (coalition), преливане (flowage, infusion, overflow, transfusion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 融合, 聚變 , "解 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fúze (merger), tavení, splynutí (merger), roztok (solution, water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fusion (amalgamation, merger, merger Us), smeltning (founding, glass melting, melting, processing), sammensmeltning (amalgamation, coalition, fusing, merger, sealing, welding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fusie (amalgamation, amalgamation of farms, merger, merger Us), versmelten (melt), smelten (melt), lassen (weld), aansmelten (fusing, sealing, welding), aan elkaar smelten (fusing, sealing, welding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | atomfuzio (atomic fusion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fuusio (merger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fusion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verschmelzung (amalgamation, blending, confusion, merger, rounding off, smoothing), fusion (amalgamation, merger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύντηξη (coalition), συγχώνευση (amalgamating, amalgamation, blend, merge, merger), τήξη (flux, melting, thaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מזי'" (blending, merger, mixture, pouring), מזו' (amalgamation, integration, synthesis), "תוך (melting), "תכ" (melting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | magfúzió, beolvadás (assimilation), összeolvadás, szövetkezés (coalition, confederation, co-operation, partnership), fuzionálás (incorporation), fúzió (amalgamation, merger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | fusi (coalition), penggabungan (annexation, consolidation, incorporation, integration, merger, merging), peleburan (coalescence, dissolving, fusing together, iron works, melting, merger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fusione (amalgamation, burning, melt, melting, merger, merging, smelt, smelting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 融解 , 融合 (adhesion, agglutination, unite), 合併 (affiliation, amalgamation, annexation, coalition, combination, consolidation, incorporation, merger, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がっぺい (affiliation, amalgamation, annexation, coalition, combination, consolidation, incorporation, merger, union), フュージョン , "うどう (amalgamation, combination, congruence, incorporation, union), "うへい (affiliation, amalgamation, annexation, coalition, combination, consolidation, incorporation, merger, union), ゆうかい (abduction, hades, kidnapping, realm of the dead), ゆう"う (adhesion, agglutination, unite), ようゆう (melting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 융해. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-lheie (amalgamate, amalgamation, fuse), co-haaghey (synthesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | fusjon, sammensmelting. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | usionfay fusão (amalgamation, casting, consolidation, debacle, interflow, interfusion, merger, merging). (various references) fuziune (melt, merger), topiturã, contopire (merger), amestec (admixture, blend, composite, compound, concoction, connection, crossing, disarray, farrago, hash, hotchpotch, huddle, interference, intermixture, intervening, jumble, mash, medley, mixture, muddle, olio, omnium gatherum, palaver). (various references) сплав (alligation, alloy, drive, fuss). (various references) fuzija, stapanje (alligation, amalgamation, glide, merging). (various references) fusión (blowout, coalescence, melt, melting, merge, merger, merging). (various references) sammansmältning (coalition, concretion, melting). (various references) การหลอมละลาย. (various references) füzyon, kaynaşma (contraction, mixture, stir), eritme (dissolution, fusing, melting), erimiş kütle, erime (fusing, melting, thaw), birleştirme (affiliation, aggregation, assembling, combination, combining, incorporation, integration, joining, unification), birleşme (accord, alliance, association, coalescence, coalition, cohesion, concrescence, concretion, conjugation, conjunction, copulation, hookup, incorporation, integration, joinder, joining, juncture, meeting, merger, reunion, unification, union). (various references) сплаляння, розплав, плавлення (melting). (various references) sự nấu chảy ra sự hỗn hợp lại bằng cách nấu chảy ra sự hợp nhất, sự l m cho chảy ra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fusion": fusionist, fusionists, fusions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fusion": affusion, autotransfusion, circumfusion, confusion, diffusion, effusion, immunodiffusion, infusion, interdiffusion, interfusion, perfusion, posttransfusion, profusion, suffusion, transfusion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fusion": affusions, autotransfusions, circumfusions, confusional, confusions, diffusional, diffusionism, diffusionisms, diffusionist, diffusionists, diffusions, effusions, immunodiffusions, infusions, interdiffusions, interfusions, perfusionist, perfusionists, perfusions, profusions, suffusions, transfusional, transfusions. (additional references) | |
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"Fusion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ausino, cusion, faisant, fascion, fasin, Fassano, feion, fesion, Fewson, Focion, Fossano, foyson, fozio, fuision, Fujinon, Fukien, funion, fusen, fushion, Fusina, fusino, fusioa, fusionpld, fussin, fussion, fution, Fuxin, Fyson. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fusion" (pronounced fyuw"zhun) |
| 6 | f y uw" zh u n | confusion, diffusion, infusion, profusion, transfusion. |
| 4 | -uw" zh u n | allusion, collusion, conclusion, contusion, delusion, disillusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, intrusion, occlusion, preclusion, seclusion. |
| 3 | -zh u n | abrasion, aspersion, aversion, circumcision, cohesion, collision, conversion, corrosion, decision, derision, dispersion, diversion, division, envision, equation, erosion, evasion, excision, excursion, explosion, immersion, implosion, incision, incursion, indecision, invasion, inversion, lesion, misprision, occasion, persuasion, perversion, precision, provision, recision, rescission, reversion, revision, suasion, subdivision, submersion, subversion, supervision, television, version, vision. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-n-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: finos, foins, infos. | |
-2 letters: fino, fins, foin, fons, funs, info, ions, nous, onus. | |
-3 letters: fin, fon, fou, fun, ifs, ins, ion, nos, nus, ons, sin, son, sou, sun, uns. | |
-4 letters: if, in, is, no, nu, of, on, os, si, so, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-n-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: fusions. | |
+2 letters: affusion, effusion, fluorins, fluxions, focusing, foulings, fungoids, infamous, infusion, outfinds, sulfonic, uniforms. | |
+3 letters: affusions, confusing, confusion, cuniforms, diffusion, effusions, felonious, fluorines, focussing, foundries, fountains, fruitions, functions, fusionist, infusions, nefarious, nonfluids, perfusion, profusion, suffusion, sulfonium, unciforms, uncoffins. | |
+4 letters: ausforming, buffoonish, configures, confitures, confusions, coniferous, cuneiforms, defocusing, diffusions, disulfoton, effluxions, flounciest, flouncings, foraminous, foundlings, fuliginous, furanoside, furcations, fusionists, groundfish, ibuprofens, infamously, infectious, infusorian, misfortune, muttonfish, nidifugous, outfasting, outfishing, perfusions, profusions, refocusing, suffusions, sulfoniums, uniformest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 73 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. ..- ... .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 0073 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)408785758180 |
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