Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fusion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of
fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in
fusion.
3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted
together.
The universal fusion of races, languages, and
customs . . . had produced a corresponding fusion of
creeds. --C. Kingsley.
{Watery fusion} (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by
heat in their own water of crystallization.
4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts
or tissues.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fusion
n 1: an occurrence that involves the production of a union [syn:
{merger}, {unification}]
2: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more
massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
[syn: {nuclear fusion}, {nuclear fusion reaction}]
3: the state of being combined into one body [syn: {coalition}]
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 [syn: {optical fusion}]
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 [syn: {spinal fusion}]
7: the act of fusing (or melting) together
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