Fusion
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Fusion or synthesis
Synthesis
In general, the noun synthesis refers to a combination of two or more entities that together form something new; alternately, it refers to the creating of something by artificial means...

, it refers to the connection of two or more distinct things/bodies:
  • Cell fusion
    Cell fusion
    Cell fusion is an important cellular process that occurs during differentiation of muscle, bone and trophoblast cells, during embryogenesis, and during morphogenesis...

    , an event in the maturation of cells
  • Fusion cuisine
    Fusion cuisine
    Fusion cuisine combines elements of various culinary traditions while not being categorized per any one particular cuisine style, and can pertain to innovations in many contemporary restaurant cuisines since the 1970s.-Categories and types:...

    , the combination of elements of various culinary traditions
  • Fusion (linguistics), a type of synthetic language
  • Fusion power
    Fusion power
    Fusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion processes. In fusion reactions two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus . In doing so they release a comparatively large amount of energy arising from the binding energy due to the strong nuclear force which is manifested...

    , power generation using controlled nuclear fusion reactions
  • Gene fusion, a genetic event and molecular biology technique
  • Image fusion
    Image fusion
    In computer vision, Multisensor Image fusion is the process of combining relevant information from two or more images into a single image. The resulting image will be more informative than any of the input images....

    , the process of combining relevant information from two or more images into a single image.
  • Information fusion, the merging of information from disparate sources
  • Jazz fusion
    Jazz fusion
    Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

    , music combining jazz with other genres
  • Melting
    Melting
    Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase change of a substance from a solid to a liquid. The internal energy of a substance is increased, typically by the application of heat or pressure, resulting in a rise of its temperature to the melting point, at which the rigid...

     (or fusion), a chemistry term for a solid undergoing a phase change into a liquid
  • Nuclear fusion
    Nuclear fusion
    Nuclear fusion is the process by which two or more atomic nuclei join together, or "fuse", to form a single heavier nucleus. This is usually accompanied by the release or absorption of large quantities of energy...

    , the process by which multiple nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus
  • Spinal fusion
    Spinal fusion
    Spinal fusion, also known as spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgical technique used to join two or more vertebrae. Supplementary bone tissue, either from the patient or a donor , is used in conjunction with the body's natural bone growth processes to fuse the vertebrae.Fusing of the...

    , a surgical technique used to combine two or more vertebrae
  • Tooth fusion
    Tooth fusion
    The phenomenon of tooth fusion arises through union of two normally separated tooth germs, and depending upon the stage of development of the teeth at the time of union, it may be either complete or incomplete. On some occasions, two independent pulp chambers and root canals can be seen. However,...

    , the joining of two teeth

Computers and software

  • AMD Fusion
    AMD Fusion
    AMD Fusion is the marketing name for a series of APUs by AMD. There are two flavors of Fusion currently available, one with its CPU logic based on the Bobcat core and the other its CPU logic based on the 10h core. In both cases the GPU logic is HD6xxx, which itself is based on the mobile variant of...

    , a next-generation microprocessor design
  • Compiz Fusion, a community maintained set of plugins for the Compiz
    Compiz
    Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. The effects, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace are implemented as loadable plugins...

     Window Manager
  • ColdFusion
    ColdFusion
    In computing, ColdFusion is the name of a commercial rapid application development platform invented by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in 1995. ColdFusion was originally designed to make it easier to connect simple HTML pages to a database, by version 2 it had...

    , a rapid application development platform
  • Exterro Fusion, a software company based in Portland, Oregon
  • Eyeon Fusion
    Eyeon Fusion
    Fusion is an image compositing software program created by eyeon Software Inc. It is typically used to create visual effects and digital compositing for film, HD and commercials...

    , a visual effects package
  • IBRIX Fusion
    IBRIX Fusion
    IBRIX Fusion is a scalable parallel file system combined with integrated logical volume manager, availability features and a management interface. The software was produced, sold, and supported by IBRIX Incorporated of Billerica, Massachusetts. HP announced on July 17, 2009 that it had reached a...

    , a highly scalable parallel file system
  • Kega Fusion, a Sega multi-console emulator
  • Loop fusion
    Loop fusion
    Loop fusion, also called loop jamming, is a compiler optimization, a loop transformation, which replaces multiple loops with a single one.- Example in C : int i, a[100], b[100]; for Loop fusion, also called loop jamming, is a compiler optimization, a loop transformation, which replaces multiple...

    , a compiler optimization which replaces multiple loops with a single one
  • NetObjects Fusion
    NetObjects Fusion
    NetObjects Fusion is a web design tool, from 1996 - 2001 developed and distributed by NetObjects, Inc., marketed from 2001 until 2009 by Web.com , which acquired the application in 2001, and from July 2009 on distributed again by the re-established NetObjects, Inc.NetObjects Fusion has a graphical...

    , a web design program
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware
    Oracle Fusion Middleware
    Oracle Fusion Middleware consists of several software products from Oracle Corporation. OFM spans multiple services, including Java EE and developer tools, integration services, business intelligence, collaboration, and content management...

    , a portfolio of standards-based software products that spans multiple services
  • Sensor fusion
    Sensor fusion
    Sensor fusion is the combining of sensory data or data derived from sensory data from disparate sources such that the resulting information is in some sense better than would be possible when these sources were used individually...

    , the combining of sensory data or data derived from sensory data from disparate sources
  • VMware Fusion
    VMware Fusion
    VMware Fusion is a virtual machine software product developed by VMware for Macintosh computers with Intel processors. Fusion allows Intel-based Macs to run x86 and x86-64 "guest" operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris as virtual machines simultaneously with Mac OS...

    , virtual machine software product by VMware, Inc.
  • Fusion Systems
    Fusion Systems
    Fusion Systems is an Asia/Pacific technology company. Fusion has offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai. Fusion provides integrated business technology solutions to several industries, including financial services, automotive, logistics, pharmaceutical and Media and Communications.Fusion Systems...

    , an IT consulting firm based in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai

Entertainment

  • Fusions, the evil lookalikes of Cartoon Network
    Cartoon Network
    Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

     characters in Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
    Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
    Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall is a massively multiplayer online game developed by Cartoon Network and Grigon Entertainment. FusionFall uses the Unity engine as its client technology basis....

    , a Cartoon Network MMO game
  • Dancing Stage Fusion
    Dancing Stage Fusion
    Dancing Stage Fusion, abbreviated DS Fusion or simply Fusion, is a music video game released by Konami to the European PlayStation and PlayStation 2 gaming audience on November 5, 2004. In April of the following year, Dancing Stage Fusion was released as an arcade game...

    , a music video game by Konami
  • Fusion (album)
    Fusion (album)
    Fusion is a 1961 album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3.The trio on the recording was Giuffre's second drummerless group. He said at the time that the trio was "searching for a free sense of tonality and form"...

    , a 1961 album by Jimmy Giuffre
  • Fusion (comics)
    Fusion (comics)
    Fusion was an American comic book series published from 1987–1989 by Eclipse Comics, whose creative team included the writer Steven Barnes, the artists Lela Dowling and Steve Gallacci, conceptual editor Lex Nakashima and many more....

    , there have been several entities in comics named Fusion
  • "Fusion" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a first season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
  • Fusion (music)
    Fusion (music)
    A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...

    , a music genre which combines two or more other genres
  • Fusion Cosmetics on the soap opera All My Children
  • Fusion Magazine (political magazine), a political magazine founded and edited by Glenn Beck
  • Fusion Magazine (scientific magazine), predecessor to 21st Century Science and Technology magazine
  • Fuzion
    Fuzion
    Fuzion is a generic role-playing game system created by the collaboration of R. Talsorian Games and Hero Games. Fuzion is a combination of the Interlock System, , and the HERO system...

    , a merger of Interlock System and Hero System
  • Guardian (band)
    Guardian (band)
    Guardian is an American Christian hard rock/metal band. The band released six studio albums, three additional albums in Spanish—and toured extensively worldwide...

    , Christian rock band previously known as "Fusion"
  • Metroid Fusion
    Metroid Fusion
    , also known as Metroid 4, is an action-adventure video game published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in North America, Europe, and Australia in November 2002, and in Japan in February 2003. The game is the fourth main installment in the Metroid series...

    , a 2002 Game Boy Advance game

Law

  • Fusion of law and equity is the combining of the rules of equity and common law into one coherent set of rules.

Politics and organisations

  • Electoral fusion
    Electoral fusion
    Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate...

    , an arrangement where two or more political parties support a common candidate
  • Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats
    Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats
    The Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats is a political party in Haiti. In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Serge Gilles won 2,62 % of the popular vote. In the 7 February 2006 Senate elections, the party won 9.9 % of the popular vote and 4 out of 30 Senators, taking...

    , a Haitian political party
  • Fusion (student movement)
    Fusion (student movement)
    Fusion is a Christian charity that serves, supports and resources students. It works across all denominations to develop joined up thinking and action for student mission. Fusion is primarily outworked through small groups or ‘cells’ that have been inspired by John Wesley and his implementation of...

    , a Christian charity that serves, supports and resources students
  • Fusion International, an Australian-based Christian organisation
  • Fusionism (politics)
    Fusionism (politics)
    Fusionism is an American political term for the combination or "fusion" of traditional conservatives with some libertarians and some social conservatives, forming the American conservative movement.-History and positions:...

    , the combination of libertarianism and various types of conservatives
  • Sarvodaya Fusion
    Fusion - Sarvodaya ICT4D Movement
    Fusion is the ICT for Development movement of Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, the leading NGO, serving over 15,000 villages. The name Sarvodaya is taken from the Sanskrit meaning of 'awakening of all ', and roots back to the Gandhian ideals...

    , the ICT for Development movement of Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka.
  • Fusion Energy Foundation
    Fusion Energy Foundation
    Fusion Energy Foundation was a non-profit think tank cofounded by Lyndon LaRouche in 1974 in New York. It promoted the construction of nuclear power plants, research into fusion power and beam weapons and other causes. The FEF was called fusion's greatest private supporter...

    , a defunct part of the LaRouche movement and publisher of Fusion

Products

  • Gillette Fusion, a safety razor by Gillette
  • Schumacher Fusion
    Schumacher Fusion
    The Schumacher Fusion is an on-road 1:10 scale nitro-powered radio-controlled car made by Schumacher Racing Products. It is the fastest ready-to-run 1:10 on-road car created as of 2008, featuring a 0.28 in³ engine capable of producing 2.85 horsepower at 33,000 rpm...

    , a radio-controlled car
  • Ford Fusion, two separate automobile product lines from Ford Motor Company
    • a Mini MPV sold in Europe
    • a mid-size car
      Ford Fusion (North America)
      The Ford Fusion is a mid-size car produced by the Ford Motor Company since the 2006 model year. The 2010 model was awarded the Motor Trend Car of the Year and its hybrid version won the 2010 North American Car of the Year Award...

       sold in North America

Sports

  • Cleveland Fusion
    Cleveland Fusion
    The Cleveland Fusion is a women's professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. They play in the Women's Football Alliance. The Fusion played in the National Women's Football Association from their inception in 2002 until 2008...

    , a women's American football team in the NWFA
  • Miami Fusion
    Miami Fusion
    Miami Fusion F.C. was a professional soccer club located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that participated in Major League Soccer from 1998 to 2001. The club played in Lockhart Stadium, which was a former high school stadium converted into a soccer-specific stadium...

    , a professional soccer (football) club located in Fort Lauderdale
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