different between fusion vs mixture

English

Etymology

1555, from Middle French fusion, from Latin f?si?nem (the accusative of f?si?), from fusus, past participle of fund? (“I pour, I melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fju?.??n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

fusion (countable and uncountable, plural fusions)

1. The act of merging separate elements, or the result thereof.
   1. (physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
   2. (music) A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially types of jazz.
   3. A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
   5. The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
   6. (genetics) The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
   7. (cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
   8. (fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.

Antonyms

• (nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine): fission

Derived terms

• fusion reactor
• fusion torch
• reggae fusion
• jazz fusion
• nuclear fusion

Related terms

• fuse

Translations

Verb

fusion (third-person singular simple present fusions, present participle fusioning, simple past and past participle fusioned)

1. (nonstandard) to combine; to fuse

French

Etymology

From Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, a borrowing from Latin f?si?, f?si?nem. Doublet of foison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zj??/

Noun

fusion f (plural fusions)

1. (physics, chemistry) fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)
2. (figuratively) mix; mixture
3. (nuclear physics) fusion

   Antonym: fission

Derived terms

• en fusion
• point de fusion

Further reading

• “fusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin f?si?, f?si?nem.

Noun

fusion f (plural fusions)

1. fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)

Descendants

• English: fusion
• French: fusion

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin fusi?, fusi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???u?n/

Noun

fusion c

1. (physics) nuclear fusion
2. The process whereby two companies merge to become one.

Declension

See also

• fission

References

• fusion in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixt?ra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misce? (“mix”); compare mix.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: m?ks?ch?r, IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• Hyphenation: mix?ture

Noun

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

1. The act of mixing.

   The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.

2. Something produced by mixing.

   An alloy is a mixture of two metals.

3. Something that consists of diverse elements.

   The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.

4. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution

   A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

5. (music) A compound organ stop.
6. A cloth of variegated colouring.
7. (India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

Derived terms

• cough mixture

Related terms

• mix
• mixer

Translations

Further reading

• mixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

mixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of mixt?rus

Portuguese

Verb

mixture

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mixturar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mixturar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mixturar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mixturar

Spanish

Verb

mixture

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mixturar.