fusion
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- noun
- /ˈfjuːʒən/
- Specialized
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fusión de sonidos
- Children may experience fusion in their speech as they blend syllables together when learning to talk.
Examples
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You can hear the fusion that is happening in that language.
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Fusion knowledge operates through modes of accepting and receiving experience directly, with the subtext of waiting, trusting, yielding, and allowing.
Academic text (2001) -
By its delight in expressing meaning through elaborate patterns of alliterative sound, Welsh poetry honors the Goddess's fusion of substance with idea.
Academic text (1999) -
In linguistics, fusion refers to how two adjacent sounds often merge into a single phonetic form, such as in certain dialects.
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When pronouncing some words quickly, the fusion of sounds can make them difficult to understand, like saying 'wanna' instead of 'want to'.
Synonyms
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The act of joining two or more things into one
Pronouncing two vowels next to each other in a word as one vowel sound
Two vowel sounds in a word join to make one syllable, for example the word poet said quickly
Antonyms
Compounds
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8.9
A claimed way to make energy by joining parts of atoms at room temperature that most scientists do not accept
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A process where two small parts inside atoms join and give off energy
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A weapon that makes a very large explosion by joining light atoms like hydrogen
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A surgery that joins two or more bones in the spine so it stays steady
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A way of making food that mixes ingredients and methods from different countries to make new dishes
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The amount of heat needed to change one kilogram of solid to liquid at its melting point without changing temperature
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A process where two atoms combine to make a heavier atom and give off energy
How Fused
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fusion comes from the Latin fundere 'to pour' and is related to the English verb fuse, so picture sounds 'pouring' into each other. That is why phonetic fusion means two sounds or syllables merge and become a single sound.