fusion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of joining separate things into one, or the result of doing so.

   The restaurant offers a fusion of Italian and Japanese cooking.

2. 2
   noun

   A nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei join together and release huge amounts of energy.

   Scientists hope nuclear fusion will one day power our cities.

First appears c. 1555, in a translation by Richard Eden. From Middle French fusion, from Latin fūsiōnem (the accusative of fūsiō), from fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour; to melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.

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