Thesaurus: fusion

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1. v. t. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals.
2. v. t. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion.
3. v. t. The union or blending together of things, as, melted together.
4. v. t. The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues.
5. n. an occurrence that involves the production of a union
6. n. the state of being combined into one body
7. n. the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
8. n. a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
9. n. the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
10. n. correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
11. n. the act of fusing (or melting) together
12. 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.