fusion

noun

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

(physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.

(music) A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.

A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures

The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.

(genetics) The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.

(cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.

(fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.

verb

(nonstandard, transitive) To combine; to fuse.

Roots

fundofus- · Latin · pour

Synonyms for fusion

interfusionn mergern fusingv unificationn coalitionn amalgamationn meldingv coalescencen syncretismn blendingn amalgamn

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