Fusion

Noun

 * 1) The merging of similar or different elements into a union
 * 2)  A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy
 * 3) Music that blends disparate genres; especially types of jazz
 * 4) A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
 * 5) The act of melting or liquifying something by heating it

Related terms

 * fuse

Adjectives for Fusion
fiery; graceful; necessary; remarkable.

Thesaurus
Anschluss, addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamation, 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

Etymology
1555, from fusion:, from  fusionem: (the accusative of fusio:), from fusus:, past participle of fundere: (see also found#Etymology 3:).

Translations

 * Dutch: smelten
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Schmelzen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 溶融 (ようゆう, yōyū)


 * Korean: 융해 (Yunghae), 용해 (Yonghae)
 * Manx: co-lheie
 * Polish: stopienie
 * Russian: плавка, расплавление
 * Spanish: derretimiento fundición


 * Arabic: اتحاد
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Verschmelzen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 融合 (ゆうごう, yūgō)


 * Korean: 융합 (Yunghap)
 * Manx: co-lheie
 * Norwegian: fusjonere
 * Polish:
 * Russian: слияние,
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: اندماج
 * Dutch:, samensmelting
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Ido: fuziono
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 核融合 (かくゆうごう, kakuyūgō)
 * Korean: 핵융합 (Haekyunghap)
 * Norwegian: fusjon, sammensmelting
 * Polish:
 * Russian: реакция синтеза
 * Spanish:


 * Ido: fuzo
 * Japanese: フュージョン (fyūjon)


 * Russian: фьюжн


 * Russian: фьюжн