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Meaning of nuclear fusion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The combining of the nuclei of atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bombs explode.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية اِنْدِمَاج نَوَوِيّ
Čeština fúze
Deutsch Kernfusion Kernverschmelzung
Español fusión nuclear
Suomi ydinfuusio
Français fusion nucléaire
Galego fusión nuclear
हिन्दी नाभिकीय संलयन
Íslenska kjarnasamruni samruni
Italiano fusione nucleare
日本語 核融合
Kurdî fuze
Nederlands kernfusie
Português fusão nuclear
Română fuziune nucleară
Русский термоя́дерная реа́кция ядерная реа́кция си́нтеза
Svenska fusion

Examples

“The emergence of this new large-scale lab-based astrophysics was an unanticipated side effect of a much broader, more fraught, and now quite in-the-news scientific journey: the quest for nuclear fusion.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

nuclear halo nuclear hydrogen detection meter nuclear isomer nuclear magnetic pulse nuclear magnetic resonance nuclear magneton

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