English Language & Usage Asked on November 8, 2020
The word "fusion" is at times confusing because in a way it has two opposite meanings:
Of course, we often need to break something before combining them together, so the two "opposite" meanings are somewhat related. But is there better explanation for the use of the word "fuse"?
I think this dictionary definitions helps:
Physics
short for nuclear fusion
‘the center of the Sun where fusion occurs’
and your second version:
The process of causing a material or object to melt with intense heat so as to join with another.
‘the fusion of resin and glass fiber in the molding process’
The every day meaning:
Music that is a mixture of different styles, especially jazz and rock. ‘jazz fusion’
The statement "melt with intense heat so as to join with another" and generate a new material is close to the everyday use of the word. Nuclear fusion is also a joining of atoms to become a new state of matter, but is more demanding in the definition of "new matter" .
I think physics terms evolve from every day usages, and then, when mathematics enters have to be defined for the specific context, i.e.nuclear or solid state, or liquid.
Answered by anna v on November 8, 2020
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