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# fusion

«fusion» in Mova's school dictionary: **the joining of two or more things into one: a fusion of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fusion, uncountable; a fusion, fusions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fusion is the joining of two or more things into one: a fusion of music styles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#m1)

2) (science) Nuclear fusion is when tiny atoms join together and give out huge amounts of energy, which is how the Sun shines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#m2)

3) (science) Fusion can also mean melting, especially of metal or rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#m3)

4) Fusion food mixes cooking from different countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, the Sun and stars make light and heat by fusion of hydrogen into helium; scientists try to copy this on Earth for clean energy. In music and food, fusion means a mix of styles, like Indian-British dishes or jazz-rock. In technology, fusion means welding things together. Phrases: «nuclear fusion», «fusion energy», «fusion food», «a fusion of».

### examples

- The Sun makes its energy by nuclear fusion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#x1)
- Scientists hope fusion will give us clean power one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#x2)
- The restaurant serves fusion food: Korean tacos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#x3)
- The band's music is a fusion of folk and rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#x4)
- Welding is a kind of fusion of two metals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#x5)
- Fusion joins small atoms; fission splits big ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/#x6)

### note

Verb: «fuse» (to join or melt). Do not confuse fusion (joining atoms, the Sun) with fission (splitting atoms, today's nuclear power stations). Uncountable for the process; «a fusion of» for a mix.

### In the corpora

- [Most of the gas fell into the middle, which got so hot and squashed that fusion switched on: the Sun was born.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/2/)
- [Before fusion starts, a young star is a protostar, glowing from the heat of its own collapse and hidden in dust.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/18-how-stars-live/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fusion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fusion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.