nuclear fusion
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːklɪər ˈfjuːʒən/
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fusión nuclear
- Researchers are excited about the potential of nuclear fusion as a clean source of energy for future power generation.
- nuclear fusion power
- nuclear fusion reaction
- nuclear fusion power plant
This is called hot nuclear fusion, and that indeed works.
- This is called hot nuclear fusion, and that indeed works.
- These are impressive records, but there's no nuclear fusion happening in these plasmas.
- So once the nuclear burning is ongoing, the nuclear fusion in stars is stable.
- Can you explain this work and can AI eventually solve nuclear fusion?
- So what exactly is nuclear fusion?
- But it seems that it was so far really, really hard to create nuclear fusion.
- And you trap your plasma, so your electrons and your protons in this bottle, and it gets heated until nuclear fusion can occur.
- Or it could be a more helpful thing along the lines of here is a way of gaining control over nuclear fusion to give yourself a cheap energy source.
- Thermo, nuclear fusion, That's where you get that word from.
- Reaching it is the major challenge that all nuclear fusion start-ups must solve.
Examples
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The commercial production of power through nuclear fusion is being investigated because it could provide an abundant energy supply.
Academic text (1999) -
Michael and Wilson knew that nuclear fusion could produce energy.
Academic text (1999) -
This is called hot nuclear fusion, and that indeed works.
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One really needs to use something based on nuclear fusion to make it work.
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A major problem is how to produce the high temperature needed for nuclear fusion and to contain it safely.
Academic text (1999) -
The energy that is supplied by nuclear fusion ultimately emerges from the surface of the Sun as sunlight.
Academic text (1990) -
At the central core, the temperature is so high that nuclear fusion converts hydrogen into helium.
Academic text (1991) -
ITER is a critically important experiment to test the feasibility of nuclear fusion as a source of electricity and hydrogen.
Academic text (2004) -
But make no mistake, what Helion has achieved here is astonishing, initiating nuclear fusion reactions with ease.
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At the central core of the sun, nuclear fusion converts hydrogen into helium, releasing a vast amount of energy.
Synonyms
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A nuclear reaction where the cores of atoms join and release energy
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A change inside an atom's core that makes or uses a large amount of energy
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A very hot reaction where parts of atoms join and make huge energy in stars or bombs
A process where two atoms combine to make a heavier atom and give off energy
How Energetic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'nuclear' (relating to atomic nuclei or atomic energy) combined with 'fusion' (the process of fusing) yields the process of atomic nuclei joining. This is a literal, technical combination following common scientific word-formation patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Nuclear fusion comes from the simple image of tiny nuclear parts, the centers of atoms, joining together. Fusion means 'joining', and when those parts join they give off a lot of energy, which is why the process 'powers the sun' and could make clean power on Earth.