fuse

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: fyo͞oz, IPA(key): /fjuːz/ Hyphenation: fuse Homophone: fuze Rhymes: -uːz === Etymology 1 === From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”). ==== Noun ==== fuse (plural fuses) A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive. Synonyms: (archaic) fusee, (obsolete) match (cellular automata) An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end. (manufacturing, mining, military, sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of fuze, a detonator, any mechanism igniting an explosive substance or device. (figurative) A tendency to lose one's temper. A kind of match for starting a fire: A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind. Synonym: fusee A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip. ==== Usage notes ==== The spellings fuse and fuze were formerly used interchangeably for all senses, but modern professional publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the two, using fuze for detonator devices and fuse for all other senses; fuze is now rarely used except when this distinction is intended. ===== Hyponyms ===== (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive): long fuse, short fuse, percussion fuse, proximity fuse, black match; quick match, slow match (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused) To furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on. (military, mining, manufacturing, sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of fuze, to equip with a detonator. ==== Usage notes ==== The spellings fuse and fuze were formerly used interchangeably for all senses, but modern professional publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the two, using fuze for detonator devices and fuse for all other senses; fuze is now rarely used except when this distinction is intended. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”), first to verbal sense, then noun. ==== Noun ==== 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 ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== 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°...) (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. (intransitive) To melt together. (ergative, physics, astronomy) To combine through nuclear fusion. (transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent. (intransitive, electricity, of a circuit) To stop operating, having been protected against overcurrent by its fuse blowing. (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 ===== (mix indistinguishably): See also Thesaurus:homogenize (melt together): meld, smelt ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === feus == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: fusent, fuses === Verb === fuse inflection of fuser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfu.ze/ Rhymes: -uze Hyphenation: fù‧se === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== fuse f pl feminine plural of fuso ==== Participle ==== fuse f pl feminine plural of fuso === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fuse f pl plural of fusa === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== fuse third-person singular past historic of fondere == Japanese == === Romanization === fuse Rōmaji transcription of ふせ == Latin == === Participle === fūse vocative masculine singular of fūsus === Adverb === fūsē (comparative fūsius, superlative fūsissimē) widely, extensively, broadly, copiously, diffusely in greater detail loosely, roughly, relaxed === References === “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. https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/adjective/4425/?h=fusius https://logeion.uchicago.edu/fuse https://glosbe.com/la/en/fuse == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === fuse (present tense fuser, past tense fuste, past participle fust) rush === Adjective === fuse inflection of fus: definite singular plural === References === “fuse” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === fusa (verb, a infinitive) === Verb === fuse (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fuse/fus) rush === Adjective === fuse inflection of fus: definite singular plural neuter of fusen === References === “fuse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfuː.se/, [ˈfuː.ze] === Noun === fūse dative singular of fūs === Adjective === fūse inflection of fūs: strong accusative feminine singular strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural weak nominative feminine/neuter singular weak accusative neuter singular == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfu.se] === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== fuse third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi: he/she has been ===== Synonyms ===== fu (informal) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fuse n indefinite plural of fus == Venetan == === Verb === fuse first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of èser