fuse
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 “mechanism that ignites the charge”.
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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.
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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.
- 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
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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