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nuclear fusion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (qualifier:nuclear physics, uncountable, usually) The combining of the nuclei of atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bombs explode.
   • The emergence of this new large-scale lab-based astrophysics was an unanticipated side effect of a much broader, more fraught, and now quite in-the-news scientific journey: the quest for nuclear fusion. 2023 January 3, Adam Frank, “The Universe Is More in Our Hands Than Ever Before”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

Antonyms

nuclear fission

Hyponyms

cold fusion · hot fusion

Translations (35)

cmn 核融合 (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · hu atommagfúzió (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · de Kernfusion (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · ja 核融合 (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · ro fuziune nucleară (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · cmn 核聚變 /核聚变 (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · sh нуклеарна фузија (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · ca fusió nuclear (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · pt fusão nuclear (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · it fusione nucleare (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · es fusión nuclear (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · tl sapisan (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · fi ydinfuusio (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · is samruni (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · hu magfúzió (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · he היתוך גרעיני (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · an fusión nuclear (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · hi नाभिकीय संलयन (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · nl kernfusie (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · pl fuzja jądrowa (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · ar اِنْدِمَاج نَوَوِيّ (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · an fusión nucleyar (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · ast fusión nuclear (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · ru ядерная реа́кция си́нтеза (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · sl jêdrsko zlívanje (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · sh nuklearna fuzija (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · gl fusión nuclear (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · fr fusion nucléaire (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · oc fusion nucleara (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · mk ја́дрено соедину́вање (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · sl jedrska fuzija (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · eu fusio nuklear (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · is kjarnasamruni (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · mk нуклеа́рна фу́зија (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones) · ru термоя́дерная реа́кция (the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones)