watery fusion

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watery fusion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fusion \Fu"sion\, n. [L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour,
     melt: cf. F. fusion. See Fuse, v. t., aud cf, Foison.]
     1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by
        heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of
        metals.
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     2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of
        fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in
        fusion.
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     3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted
        together.
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              The universal fusion of races, languages, and
              customs . . .
              had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. --C.
                                                    Kingsley.
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     Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by
        heat in their own water of crystallization.
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     4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts
        or tissues.
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