fusions

Noun

fusion (countable and uncountable, plural fusions)

1. The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
   • These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway...1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223
   1. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
   2. A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.
   3. A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
   4. The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
      • This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.a. 1728 (date written), Isaac Newton, “[The Third Book of Opticks.] [Qu[estion] 25. Are there not other original Properties of the Rays of Light, besides those already described?]”, in Opticks: Or, A...
   5. The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.

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