fusion
/ˈfjuːʒ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity: the election results produced pressure for fusion of the parties [in singular]: the film showed a perfect fusion of image and sound...
- It was one of those perfect & glorious fusions of youth, girl, car, music, road, sax, cigarettes, sunset and summer.
- As in other sectors of the economy, companies active in food processing and retailing have sought to achieve global weight in a series of mergers and fusions.
- As doo wop did earlier, there seems to be a sustained interest in continuing mergers and fusions today.
Synonyms
blend, blending, combination, amalgamation, joining, bonding, binding, merging, melding, mingling, integration, intermixture, intermingling, synthesis;
coalescence, compounding, agglutination;
uniting, marrying, alliance, unification
rare commingling, commixture, interflow
1.1 Physics short for nuclear fusion. the centre of the Sun where fusion occurs [as modifier]: a fusion reactor...
- They already get a lot of power from nuclear reactors and also are actively engaged in 4th generation nuclear reactor research and fusion reactor research.
- Cold fusion is an attempt to get fusion to occur under less extreme conditions, possibly as a result of chemical reactions.
- However, you must remember that an enormous amount of energy is required in order for these reactions to occur at all - that is why fusion is not yet a practical source of energy.
1.2The process of causing a material or object to melt with intense heat so as to join with another: the fusion of resin and glass fibre in the moulding process...
- The enthalpy change which occurs when a solid is melted is called the heat of fusion.
- The fusion of silica, heat and glaze transforms the once implacable grey matter into an object d' art.
- Even plastic is often recycled - so-called ‘plastic mechanics’ visit people's houses to repair broken plastics by the simple process of heat fusion.
Synonyms
melting, smelting, dissolving, dissolution, liquefaction
1.3Music that is a mixture of different styles, especially jazz and rock: jazz fusion...
- On Chewing Glass And Other Miracle Cures, he's bringing the beats and scattered rhymes into the zone of spooky jazz fusion and hallucinogenic acid rock.
- Miles Davis, one of the giants of jazz, was also at 1970s event providing a bewildering display of jazz funk and fusion music which left some hippies confused and some begging for more.
- The spotlight is focused on jazz or Afro-Cuban fusion or Celtic dance music or rai.
1.4 [as modifier] Referring to food or cooking which incorporates elements of both Eastern and Western cuisine: fusion cuisine...
- Offered to patrons during the chefs' two-week residency, the fusion cuisine was meant to highlight food as an agent of cultural exchange.
- Hawaii is a natural for this new-style fusion cuisine because local chefs grew up with nor agedashi, and other ingredients that remain exotic to many mainland chefs.
- The Bistro serves continental fusion cuisine and recently scooped three prestigious food awards in two separate competitions run by the Panel of Chefs of Ireland.
Derivatives
fusional
- It is a question of the fusional quality between two bodies, or between the elements of a cluster of bodies - for example, in the sequence where the children and grandmother are asked to join the couple in bed.
- They may have weak image fusional power (the ability of the nervous system to keep both eyes aligned) that breaks down when they are tired or ill, or drunk.
- Therefore, the fusional limit is not absolute but corresponds to what has been called a disparity gradient.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin fusio(n-), from fundere 'pour, melt'.