How do you use the word "fusion" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "fusion" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fusion": The physicist was aware of the potential danger of nuclear fusion. Jazz fusion is a combination of rock and jazz.

Fusion Meaning

/ˈfjuː.ʒən/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.

nounThe act of merging separate things, or the result thereof., A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.

Sentence Examples

The physicist was aware of the potential danger of nuclear fusion.

Jazz fusion is a combination of rock and jazz.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

merger coalition unification

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

When two light atomic nuclei combine, they release energy in a process called ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Modern jazz is often a ____ of traditional rhythms and innovative electronic sounds.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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 systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women." — 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:

"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 Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. […], 4th edition, London: […] William Innys […], published 1730, →OCLC, page 329:

"From a vault in the green-blue ice, more or less perfectly formed each summer, the torrent issues, which represents the natural drainage of the valley, derived partly from land-springs, partly from fusion of the ice." — 1855, James David Forbes, “On Glaciers In General”, in Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers, published 1859, page 239:

"The upper limit of temperature is determined by the point at which fusion of the ore takes place, or often, for practical purposes, the temperature at which the ore softens and agglomerates." — 1951, Peter L. Paull, Frederick Burton Sellers, Method of Reducing Metal Oxides, US Patent 2740706:

"Below the temperature of fusion of the solid phase, the growth rate of the solid/ liquid interface at low undercooling is affected mainly by undercooling." — 2002, Philippe Rousset, “Modeling Crystallization Kinetics of Triacylglycerols”, in Alejandro G. Marangoni, Suresh Narine, editors, Physical Properties of Lipids, →ISBN:

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