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fuselike en · ADJ

Etymology

From fuse + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a fuse.
   • While it allays the patient's pain and the physician's anxiety, the fuselike appendix smoulders. 1885, Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, A system of practical medicine, volume 3, page 311:
   • Simplest of all is a small fuselike tube containing but two internal electrodes and having a third element in the form of a narrow clip or band that is placed around the middle of the glass container. 1933, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 122, page 63:
   • Five years later Faraday (Ref. 2), experimenting with exploding fuselike metal wires in an inert atmosphere, evaporated thin films. 2001, Milton Ohring, Materials Science of Thin Films, page 95:

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