English Explanatory Dictionary

fusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
  2. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
  3. A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.
  4. 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.
  6. The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
  7. The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
  8. The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
verb
  1. To combine; to fuse.

Pronunciation

/ˈfjuː.ʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Fusion.wav

Word forms

fusion fusions fusioning fusioned

Etymology

First appears c. 1555, in a translation by Richard Eden. From Middle French fusion, from Latin fūsiōnem (the accusative of fūsiō), from fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour; to melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.

Antonyms

fission

Related words

fuse

Derived words

atomic fusion autofusion bubble fusion butt fusion co-fusion cold fusion data fusion defusion electrofusion enfuvirtide fission-fusion society fusional fusion bomb fusion center fusion cuisine fusioneer fusionesque fusionism fusionist fusionless fusionlike fusion protein fusion reactor fusion rocket fusion tag fusion torch fusiony heat of fusion helium fusion hemifusion hot fusion interfusion jazz fusion mechanofusion microfusion myofusion nonfusion nuclear fusion postfusion prefusion pseudofusion refusion reggae fusion sonofusion stereofusion world fusion
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