[W/K] :: fusion

  Fusion \Fu"sion\, n. [L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour,
     melt: cf. F. fusion. See Fuse, v. t., aud cf, Foison.]
     1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by
        heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of
        metals.
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     2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of
        fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in
        fusion.
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     3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted
        together.
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              The universal fusion of races, languages, and
              customs . . .
              had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. --C.
                                                    Kingsley.
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     Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by
        heat in their own water of crystallization.
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     4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts
        or tissues.
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  fusion
       n 1: an occurrence that involves the production of a union [syn:
            merger, unification]
       2: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more
          massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
          [syn: nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction]
       3: the state of being combined into one body [syn: coalition]
       4: the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
       5: the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single
          visual percept [syn: optical fusion]
       6: correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two
          or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes
          done by traction or immobilization [syn: spinal fusion]
       7: the act of fusing (or melting) together

  148 Moby Thesaurus words for "fusion":
     Anschluss, addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration,
     aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, alloy, alloyage,
     amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, blend, blending,
     cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence,
     coalition, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, colliquation,
     combination, combine, combo, comminglement, commingling,
     commixture, composition, compound, comradeship, confederacy,
     confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration,
     conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, copartnership,
     copartnery, decoagulation, deliquescence, deliquium, dissolution,
     dissolving, eclecticism, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment,
     enosis, federalization, federation, fellowship, fluidification,
     fluidization, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization,
     freemasonry, fusibility, fusing, hookup, identification, identity,
     immixture, inclusion, incorporation, individuality, indivisibility,
     intactness, integrality, integration, integrity, interfusion,
     interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling,
     intermixture, inviolability, irreducibility, junction, junta,
     leaching, league, liquation, liquefaction, liquescence,
     liquescency, lixiviation, marriage, meld, melding, melting, merger,
     mingling, mixing, mixture, oneness, organic unity, package,
     package deal, particularity, partnership, percolation, pluralism,
     purity, running, selfsameness, simplicity, singleness, singularity,
     sodality, solidarity, solidification, solidity, solubilization,
     solution, sorority, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis,
     thaw, thawing, thermonuclear fusion, thermonuclear reaction,
     thermoplasticity, tie-in, tie-up, unclotting, undividedness,
     unification, uniformity, union, uniqueness, unity, univocity,
     wedding, wholeness
  
  

  FUSION
       
          Software package supplied by Network Research Corporation
          claiming to connect various different configurations of LAN.
       
       

  fusion
       
           A program transformation where a composition
          of two functions is replaced by in-lining them and combining
          their bodies.  E.g.
       
          	f x = g (h x)	==>	f x = g (2 * x)
          	g x = x + 1		f x = 2 * x + 1
          	h x = 2 * x
       
          This has the beneficial effect of reducing the number of
          function calls.  It can be especially useful where the
          intermediate result is a large data structure which can be
          eliminated.
       
          See also vertical loop combination.
       
          (1994-12-05)