nuclear fusion (redirected from Hydrogen fusion)

nuclear fusion

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(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)