'Fusion' definitions:
Definition of 'fusion'
(from WordNet)
noun
An occurrence that involves the production of a union [syn: fusion, merger, unification]
noun
The state of being combined into one body [syn: coalition, fusion]
noun
The merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
noun
A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy [syn: fusion, nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction]
noun
The combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept [syn: fusion, optical fusion]
noun
Correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization [syn: fusion, spinal fusion]
noun
The act of fusing (or melting) together
Definition of 'Fusion'
From: GCIDE
- Fusion \Fu"sion\, n. [L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour, melt: cf. F. fusion. See Fuse, v. t., aud cf, Foison.]
- 1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted together. [1913 Webster]
- The universal fusion of races, languages, and customs . . . had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
- Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addition,
- admixture,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alliance,
- alloy,
- alloyage,
- amalgam,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- assimilation,
- association,
- blend,
- blending,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- coadunation,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- colleagueship,
- collegialism,
- collegiality,
- colliquation,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- comminglement,
- commingling,
- commixture,
- composition,
- compound,
- comradeship,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- confraternity,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- decoagulation,
- deliquescence,
- deliquium,
- dissolution,
- dissolving,
- eclecticism,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fellowship,
- fluidification,
- fluidization,
- fraternalism,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- freemasonry,
- fusibility,
- fusing,
- hookup,
- identification,
- identity,
- immixture,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- individuality,
- indivisibility,
- intactness,
- integrality,
- integration,
- integrity,
- interfusion,
- interlarding,
- interlardment,
- interminglement,
- intermingling,
- intermixture,
- inviolability,
- irreducibility,
- junction,
- junta,
- leaching,
- league,
- liquation,
- liquefaction,
- liquescence,
- liquescency,
- lixiviation,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- melting,
- merger,
- mingling,
- mixing,
- mixture,
- oneness,
- organic unity,
- package,
- package deal,
- particularity,
- partnership,
- percolation,
- pluralism,
- purity,
- running,
- selfsameness,
- simplicity,
- singleness,
- singularity,
- sodality,
- solidarity,
- solidification,
- solidity,
- solubilization,
- solution,
- sorority,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- thaw,
- thawing,
- thermonuclear fusion,
- thermonuclear reaction,
- thermoplasticity,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- unclotting,
- undividedness,
- unification,
- uniformity,
- union,
- uniqueness,
- unity,
- univocity,
- wedding,
- wholeness