fuse
21fusé — fusé, ée (fu zé, zée) adj. Terme de chimie. Chaux fusée, chaux qui, sans eau, s est d elle même réduite en poudre. ÉTYMOLOGIE Fuser …
22fuse — vb 1 iiquefy, melt, deliquesce, thaw 2 amalgamate, merge, coalesce, blend, mingle, commingle, *mix Analogous words: consolidate, unify, *compact: *unite, combine, conjoin …
23fuse — There are two distinct words: (1) the one meaning ‘a device for igniting a bomb’ is 17c from Latin fusus ‘spindle’, and (2) the one meaning ‘a device or component for protecting an electric circuit’ is 19c, derived from the earlier verb meaning… …
24fuse — [v] meld, intermix agglutinate, amalgamate, bind, blend, cement, coalesce, combine, commingle, deliquesce, dissolve, federate, flux, integrate, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, join, liquefy, liquesce, melt, merge, mingle, run, run together,… …
25Fuse — NOTOC The word fuse has several meanings: * Fuse (electrical), a device used in electrical systems to protect against excessive current. * Fuse (hydraulic), a device used in hydraulic systems to protect against sudden loss of fluid pressure *… …
26fuse — I n. tube, wick used to set off an explosive charge 1) to light a fuse 2) a slow fuse (also fig.) II n. safety device 1) to blow, blow out (esp. AE) a fuse 2) to change a fuse 3) a safety fuse 4) a fuse blows, blows out (esp. AE) 5) (misc …
27fuse — [[t]fju͟ːz[/t]] fuses, fusing, fused 1) N COUNT A fuse is a safety device in an electric plug or circuit. It contains a piece of wire which melts when there is a fault so that the flow of electricity stops. The fuse blew as he pressed the button… …
28fuse — af·fuse; cir·cum·fuse; dif·fuse·ly; dif·fuse·ness; fuse; hu·mi·fuse; in·fuse; in·ter·fuse; per·fuse; pro·fuse·ly; pro·fuse·ness; suf·fuse; sur·fuse; trans·fuse; re·fuse·nik; dif·fuse; ef·fuse; pro·fuse; …
29fuse — fuse1 [ fjuz ] noun count * 1. ) an object in electrical equipment that makes it stop working when there is too much electricity flowing through it 2. ) fuse or fuze an object like string that burns slowly to make a bomb, FIREWORK, etc. explode a …
30fuse */ — I UK [fjuːz] / US [fjuz] noun [countable] Word forms fuse : singular fuse plural fuses 1) physics a part of a piece of electrical equipment that makes it stop working when there is too much electricity flowing through it 2) a) an object like… …
