(Over 600 volts, nominal.) An overcurrent protective device with a circuit opening fusible part that is heated and severed by the passage of overcurrent through it. A fuse comprises all the parts that form a unit capable of performing the prescribed functions. It may or may not be the complete device necessary to connect it into an electrical circuit.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
fuse (verb)transitive verb
1.
to reduce to a liquid or plastic state by heat
2.
to blend thoroughly by or as if by melting together - combine
3.
intransitive verb
to stitch by applying heat and pressure with or without the use of an adhesive
1.
a) to become fluid with heat
b) British to fail because of the blowing of a fuse
2.
to become blended or joined by or as if by melting together mix
an electrical safety device consisting of or including a wire or strip of fusible metal that melts and interrupts the circuit when the current exceeds a particular amperage
1.
a continuous train of a combustible substance enclosed in a cord or cable for setting off an explosive charge by transmitting fire to it
2.
a mechanical or electrical detonating device for setting off the bursting charge of a projectile, bomb, or torpedo
transitive verb
to equip with a fuse
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
fuse (verb)1.
to come together to form a single unit
SYNONYMS:
associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unifyRELATED WORDS:
mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reuniteNEAR ANTONYMS:
detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter2.
to go from a solid to a liquid state
SYNONYMS:
deliquesce, flux, fuse, melt, run, thawRELATED WORDS:
found, gutter, smelt, try; dissolve, render; soften, thinNEAR ANTONYMS:
clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, jell, jelly, thicken3.
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
SYNONYMS:
amalgamate, combine, comingle, commingle, commix, composite, concrete, conflate, fuse, homogenize, immingle, immix, incorporate, integrate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mixRELATED WORDS:
add, admix, beat (in), cut in, fold, stir, toss; coalesce, compound, emulsify; conjoin, join, knit, link, unite; intertwine, interweave, weaveNEAR ANTONYMS:
cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder; disperse, dissolve, scatter; detach, disengage, split
Fuse (Wiktionary)
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 cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
- (cellular automata) An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant
Mix, Fuse, Amalgamate, Consolidate, Coalesce, Join, Incorporate, Synthesize, Meld, Conflate