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fusion
has definitions from the fields of medicine,surgery,psychology,linguistics,physics,nuclear physics
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[ noun ] an occurrence that involves the production of a union
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)There was in the Brahms none of the mysterious and marvelous alchemy by which a great conductor can bring soloist , orchestra and music to ultimate fusion . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)One growth center in a short_bone - distal phalanx of the second finger - was chosen as an example for discussion here , primarily because epiphyseal diaphyseal fusion , the maturity indicator for Completion in long and short_bones , occurs in this center for girls near the menarche and for boys near their comparable pubescent stage . Accordingly , if epiphyseal diaphyseal fusion occurs in this phalanx near menarche , early and late menarches might have been forecast rather precisely at the time of Onset of ossification for the 18 girls with `` same schedule '' . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)It should be added that in man neocortical hypothalamic interrelations probably play a role in the fusion of emotional processes with those underlying perception , memory , imagination , and creativity . |
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[ noun ] (medicine,surgery) correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
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[ noun ] (psychology) the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
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[ noun ] (linguistics) the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
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[ noun ] (physics,nuclear physics) a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
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[ noun ] the state of being combined into one body
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[ noun ] the act of fusing (or melting) together
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