| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fu·sion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fy  zh n |
| NOUN: | 1. The act or procedure of liquefying or melting by the application of heat. 2. The liquid or melted state induced by heat. 3a. The merging of different elements into a union: the fusion of copper and zinc to form brass; the difficult fusion of conflicting political factions. b. A union resulting from fusing: A fusion of religion and politics emerged. 4. Physics A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. 5. Music that blends jazz elements and the heavy repetitive rhythms of rock. Also called jazz-fusion, jazz-rock. 6. A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from very different cultures or countries. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin f si , fsin-, from fsus, past participle of fundere, to melt. See gheu- in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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