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nuclear fusion

(Physics / Nuclear Physics) a reaction in which two nuclei combine to form a nucleus with the release of energy Sometimes shortened to fusion Compare nuclear fission See also thermonuclear reaction

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nuclear fusion - a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

nuclear fusion reaction, fusion

cold fusion - nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken

nuclear reaction - (physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei

thermonuclear reaction - a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun)

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nuclear fusion (redirected from Fusion reaction)

nuclear fusion
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