fusion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an occurrence that involves the production of a union
Types & categories
- union hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the state of being combined into one body
Types & categories
- unification hypernym
- confederation hyponym
- federalization hyponym
Related & opposite
- mix derivation
Sense 3 noun
the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
Types & categories
- linguistic process hypernym
- syncretism hyponym
Sense 4 noun
a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Types & categories
- nuclear reaction hypernym
- cold fusion hyponym
- thermonuclear reaction hyponym
Sense 5 noun
the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
Types & categories
- seeing hypernym
Sense 6 noun
correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
Types & categories
- correction hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the act of fusing (or melting) together
Types & categories
- compounding hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | merge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | union |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | unification |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | confederation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | federalization |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | linguistic process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | syncretism |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | nuclear reaction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold fusion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | thermonuclear reaction |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | seeing |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | correction |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuse |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | compounding |