Found 4 items, similar to fuse.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: fuse sekering
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fuse berfusi, bertaut, gempel, melebur, meleburkan, memesrakan, mencampurkan, mencantum, menggabungkan, sekering, sumbu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fuse fuse n 1: electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded [syn: electrical fuse] 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming] v 1: mix together different elements; “The colors blend well” [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce, meld, combine, merge] 2: become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; “The substances fused at a very high temperature” 3: equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse [ant: defuse] 4: make liquid or plastic by heating; “The storm fused the electric mains”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fuse Fuse \Fuse\ (f[=u]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fused (f[=u]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fusing.] [L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See Foundo to cast, and cf. Futile.] 1. To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt. [1913 Webster] 2. To unite or blend, as if melted together. [1913 Webster] Whose fancy fuses old and new. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Fuse \Fuse\, v. i. 1. To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt. [1913 Webster] 2. To be blended, as if melted together. [1913 Webster] Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point. [1913 Webster] Fuse \Fuse\, n. [For fusee, fusil. See 2d Fusil.] (Gunnery, Mining, etc.) 1. A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze. [1913 Webster] Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. --Farrow. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) a mechanism in a bomb, torpedo, rocket, or artillery shell, usually having an easily detonated explosive charge and activated by the shock of impact, which detonates the main explosive charge. Some fuses may have timing mechanisms, delaying the explosion for a short time, or up to several days after impact. Fuses activated by other mechanisms more sophisticated than impact, such as proximity or heat, are used in modern weapons such as antiaircraft or antimissile missiles. [PJC] Fuse \Fuse\, or Fuze \Fuze\, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]