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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: nuclear physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fusion, nuclear fusion reaction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nuclear reaction
Narrower terms: cold fusion, thermonuclear reaction
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اِنْدِمَاج نَوَوِيّ
(indimāj nawawiyy)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Aragonese:
fusión nuclear
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Aragonese:
fusión nucleyar
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Asturian:
fusión nuclear
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Basque:
fusio nuklear
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Catalan:
fusió nuclear
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Chinese Mandarin:
核聚變 /核聚变
(héjùbiàn)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Chinese Mandarin:
核融合
(hérónghé)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Dutch:
kernfusie
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Finnish:
ydinfuusio
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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French:
fusion nucléaire
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Galician:
fusión nuclear
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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German:
Kernfusion
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Hebrew:
היתוך גרעיני
(hitúkh gar'iní)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Hindi:
नाभिकीय संलयन
(nābhikīya sanlyan)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Hungarian:
magfúzió
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Hungarian:
atommagfúzió
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Icelandic:
kjarnasamruni
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Icelandic:
samruni
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Italian:
fusione nucleare
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Japanese:
核融合
(kakuyūgō)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Macedonian:
ја́дрено соедину́вање
(jádreno soedinúvanje)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Macedonian:
нуклеа́рна фу́зија
(nukleárna fúzija)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Occitan:
fusion nucleara
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Polish:
fuzja jądrowa
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Portuguese:
fusão nuclear
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Romanian:
fuziune nucleară
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Russian:
ядерная реа́кция си́нтеза
(jádernaja reákcija síntɛza)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Russian:
термоя́дерная реа́кция
(termojádernaja reákcija)
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Serbo-Croatian:
нуклеарна фузија
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Serbo-Croatian:
nuklearna fuzija
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Slovene:
jêdrsko zlívanje
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Slovene:
jedrska fuzija
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Spanish:
fusión nuclear
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones
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Tagalog:
sapisan
— the combining of nuclei of small atoms to form nuclei of larger ones