fuse
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See also: fusé
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
Noun[edit]
fuse (plural fuses)
- A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
- 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
- The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.
- (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
- Synonym: fuze
- (figurative) A tendency to lose one's temper.
- When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
- A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
- A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
Usage notes[edit]
- Professional publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the fuse and fuze spellings. The latter is preferred for the sense of “mechanism that ignites the charge”.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
cord
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device igniting charge
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indicating tendency to lose temper
Verb[edit]
fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)
- To furnish with or install a fuse to (an explosive device) (see Usage notes for noun above).
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”), first to verbal sense, then noun.
Noun[edit]
fuse (plural fuses)
- (electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
device preventing overloading of a circuit
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Verb[edit]
fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)
- (transitive) To liquify by heat; melt.
- 1891, Dmitri Mendeleev, The Principles of Chemistry (1905) 3rd edition, Vol. 2, p.553, Tr. George Kamensky, of Основы химии (1867)
- Pure sodium is a lustrous metal... it fuses very easily at a temperature of 97°, and distils at a bright red heat (742°...)
- 1891, Dmitri Mendeleev, The Principles of Chemistry (1905) 3rd edition, Vol. 2, p.553, Tr. George Kamensky, of Основы химии (1867)
- (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XLVI, page 69:
- That each, who seems a separate whole,
Should move his rounds, and fusing all
The skirts of self again, should fall
Remerging in the general Soul,
Is faith as vague as all unsweet: […]
- 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9:
- Actually the New York, New Haven and Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Bangor & Aroostook and Rutland Railroads already are doing so; if they are fused, they would have a combined route mileage of 5,269 and assets totalling £318 million, [...].
- (intransitive) To melt together.
- (transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse to protect a circuit against overcurrent.
- (transitive, electricity, of a circuit) To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating.
- When the bath overflowed, the downstairs lights fused, so we need a torch.
- (organic chemistry) To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings
Synonyms[edit]
- (mix indistinguishably): See also Thesaurus:homogenize
- (melt together): meld, smelt
Translations[edit]
transitive: to melt together
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intransitive: to melt together
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transitive: to furnish with a fuse
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) Audio (CAN) (file) - Homophones: fusent, fuses
Verb[edit]
fuse
- inflection of fuser:
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fuse f pl
Participle[edit]
fuse f pl
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
fuse f pl
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
fuse
- third-person singular past historic of fondere
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
fuse
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
fūse
Adverb[edit]
fūsē (comparative fūsius, superlative fūsissimē)
- widely, extensively
- in great detail
- loosely, roughly
References[edit]
- “fuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
fuse (present tense fuser, past tense fuste, past participle fust)
Adjective[edit]
fuse
References[edit]
- “fuse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fusa (verb, a infinitive)
Verb[edit]
fuse (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fuse/fus)
Adjective[edit]
fuse
References[edit]
- “fuse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
fuse
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi: he/she has been
Synonyms[edit]
- fu (informal)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
fuse n
- indefinite plural of fus
Venetian[edit]
Verb[edit]
fuse
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