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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fyoo-zhuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfyu ʒən



Definition of fusion

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French fusion, from Latin fusionem (nominative fusio) "an outpouring, effusion," noun of action from fusus, past participle of fundere "pour, melt" (see found (v.2)). In nuclear physics sense, first recorded 1947; in jazz sense, by 1972.
  • noun melding; mixture
Example sentences :
  • Thus does Arama propound his plan for a fusion between the races.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • The fusion of the two versifications was as gradual as that of the two vocabularies had been.
  • Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
  • The fusion is conducted in a Fletcher's crucible furnace in a clay crucible.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • When fusion is complete, the contents of the crucible are poured into any suitable mould.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • When the G-4's went out the fusion must have shorted the neutralizers.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • A new individual appears—not the result of the fusion merely.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • It is an outgrowth and culmination of instincts, a fusion of them into a new product.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • I out-gassed 'em plenty out there—seven times, almost to fusion.
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • But is this so where that fusion of all the faculties which we call genius is greatly taxed?
  • Extract from : « Old Familiar Faces » by Theodore Watts-Dunton
  • Such a consummation as a fusion of the two races is out of all calculation.
  • Extract from : « Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 » by Various

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