Fusion, or

synthesis Synthesis or synthesize may refer to: Science Chemistry and biochemistry *Chemical synthesis, the execution of chemical reactions to form a more complex molecule from chemical precursors **Organic synthesis, the chemical synthesis of organi ...

, is the process of combining two or more distinct entities into a new whole. Fusion may also refer to:

Science and technology

Physics

Nuclear fusion Nuclear fusion is a nuclear reaction, reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nuclei, nuclei/neutrons, neutron by-products. The difference in mass between the reactants and products is manifested as either the rele ...

, multiple atomic nuclei combining to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles **

Fusion power Fusion power is a proposed form of power generation that would generate electricity by using heat from nuclear fusion reactions. In a fusion process, two lighter atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, while releasing energy. Devices d ...

, power generation using controlled nuclear fusion reactions **

Cold fusion Cold fusion is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature. It would contrast starkly with the nuclear fusion, "hot" fusion that is known to take place naturally within Main sequence, stars and artific ...

, a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at or near room temperature * Heat fusion, a welding process for joining two pieces of a thermoplastic material *

Melting Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal energy of the solid increases, typically by the application of heat or pressure, which inc ...

, or transitioning from solid to liquid form

Biology and medicine

Binaural fusion Binaural fusion or binaural integration is a cognitive process that involves the combination of different auditory system, auditory information presented Sound localization, binaurally, or to each ear. In humans, this process is essential in underst ...

, the cognitive process of combining the auditory information received by both ears * Binocular fusion, the cognitive process in

binocular vision Binocular vision is seeing with two eyes. The Field_of_view, field of view that can be surveyed with two eyes is greater than with one eye. To the extent that the visual fields of the two eyes overlap, #Depth, binocular depth can be perceived. Th ...

of combining the visual information received by both eyes *

Cell fusion Cell fusion is an important cellular process in which several uninucleate cells (cells with a single nucleus) combine to form a multinucleate cell, known as a syncytium. Cell fusion occurs during differentiation of myoblasts, osteoclasts and ...

, a process in which several uninuclear cells combine to form a multinuclear cell *

Gene fusion In genetics, a fusion gene is a hybrid gene formed from two previously independent genes. It can occur as a result of translocation, interstitial deletion, or chromosomal inversion. Fusion genes have been found to be prevalent in all main types ...

, a genetic event and molecular biology technique *

Lipid bilayer fusion In membrane biology, fusion is the process by which two initially distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic cores, resulting in one interconnected structure. If this fusion proceeds completely through both leaflets of both bilayers, an aqueou ...

, a part of several cellular processes *

Spinal fusion Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgery performed by Orthopedic surgery#Practice, orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons that joins two or more vertebrae. This procedure can be performed at any level in the spine ...

, a surgical technique used to combine two or more vertebrae * Tooth fusion, a dental abnormality in which two teeth are joined

Computing

Computing techniques

Image fusion The image fusion process is defined as gathering all the important information from multiple images, and their inclusion into fewer images, usually a single one. This single image is more informative and accurate than any single source image, and i ...

, a process of combining relevant information from two or more images into a single image *

Loop fusion Loop fission (or loop distribution) is a compiler optimization in which a loop is broken into multiple loops over the same index range with each taking only a part of the original loop's body. The goal is to break down a large loop body into smalle ...

, a compiler program-optimization transformation that replaces multiple loops with a single one *

Sensor fusion Sensor fusion is a process of combining sensor data or data derived from disparate sources so that the resulting information has less uncertainty than would be possible if these sources were used individually. For instance, one could potentially o ...

, the combining of sensory data from disparate sources

Application software

Fusion 360 Autodesk Fusion is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE) and printed circuit board (PCB) design software application, developed by Autodesk. It is available for Windows, ...

, a 3D CAD, CAM and CAE program by Autodesk *

Blackmagic Fusion Blackmagic Fusion (formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion, a version produced for Alias-Wavefront) is post-production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software. It is typically used to cr ...

, a visual effects package *

BT Fusion BT Fusion was a telecommunications product available from BT Group in the United Kingdom until 1 April 2009 when it was withdrawn.Lucidworks Fusion, a search engine platform * NetObjects Fusion, a web design program

Middleware and operating system components

Compiz Compiz () is a compositing window manager for the X Window System, using 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. Effects, such as a minimization animation or a cube workspace, are implemented as loa ...

Fusion, a community-maintained set of plugins for the Compiz Window Manager *

IBRIX Fusion IBRIX Fusion is a parallel file system combined with a 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 ...

, a parallel file system *

Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW, also known as Fusion Middleware) consists of several software products from Oracle Corporation. FMW spans multiple services, including Java EE and developer tools, integration services, business intelligence, col ...

, a portfolio of standards-based software products that spans multiple services *

VMware Fusion VMware Fusion is a software hypervisor developed by VMware for macOS systems. It allows Macs with Intel or Apple M series CPUs to run virtual machines with guest operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, or macOS, within the host m ...

, a virtual machine software product

Arts and media

Comics

* ''Fusion'' (Eclipse Comics) *

Fusion (Marvel Comics) Fafnir Falcon Falcona Falligar the Behemoth Falligar the Behemoth, also known simply as Falligar, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He makes a single appearance in '' Thor: God of Thunder ...

, a name of two fictional supervillains * ''Fusion'' (Marvel/Top Cow), a crossover between Marvel and Top Cow Productions

Film and television

* "Fusion" (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), a first-season episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' *

Fusion (TV channel) Fusion TV was an American pay channel owned by Fusion Media Group, a multi-platform media company subsidiary of Univision Communications, which relied in part on the resources of its parent company's news division, Noticias Univision. In additi ...

, an American cable and satellite news channel

Gaming

* ''

Dancing Stage Fusion ''Dancing Stage Fusion'' is a music video game released by Konami for the European PlayStation and PlayStation 2 on 5 November 2004. In April of the following year, it was released as an arcade game An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin ...

'', a 2004 music video game by Konami * '' Fuzion'', a merger of Interlock System and Hero System * ''

Metroid Fusion is a 2002 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, which had developed the previous ''Metroid'' game, ''Super Metroid'' (1994). ''Fusion'' is par ...

'', a 2002 Game Boy Advance game *

Philadelphia Fusion Seoul Infernal is a professional Overwatch (video game)#Esports, ''Overwatch'' esports team based in Seoul, South Korea. The Infernal compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's East region. Founded in 2017 as the Philade ...

, a E-sports gaming team * ''Fusion'' (video game), 1988

Magazines

* ''Fusion'' (Kent State University) * ''Fusion'' (music magazine), an American music magazine, 1967 to 1974 * ''Fusion Magazine'' (political magazine), founded and edited by Glenn Beck * ''Fusion Magazine'' (scientific magazine), predecessor to ''21st Century Science and Technology'' magazine

Music and dance

Jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

, genre that combines rock and jazz, starting in 1960s * Fusion dance, a type of partner dance that combines two or more dance styles * ''Fusion'' (Jimmy Giuffre 3 album), 1961 * ''Fusion'' (Jeremy Steig album), 1972 * ''Fusion'' (Sawthis album), 2006 * Fusion Festival, a music festival in Lärz, Germany *

Guardian (band) Guardian is an American Christian rock, Christian hard rock and Christian metal, metal band. The band has released seven studio albums, three additional albums in Spanish, and toured extensively worldwide. There are also numerous compilations, ...

, a Christian rock band formerly called Fusion * Fusion, a British band whose members included

Nik Kershaw Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the decade, i ...

and Reg Webb

Businesses and organizations

Non-profit and political organizations

Fusion Party Fusion Party is a name for multiple political parties in United States history and more recently a Federal political party established in Australia. The different parties that used the name don't share any particular political positions; instead ...

, a name for multiple political parties in American history * Fusion Party (Australia) * Fusion Energy Foundation, a defunct American non-profit think tank co-founded by Lyndon LaRouche in 1974 * Fusion International, an Australian-based Christian organisation * Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats, a Haitian political party * Fusion – Sarvodaya ICT4D Movement, Information and Communications Technology for Development, Sri Lanka

Sports teams

* Cleveland Fusion, a women's American football team in the NWFA *

Fort Wayne Fusion The Fort Wayne Fusion was a 2007 af2 (Arena Football League's minor league) expansion team in the Midwest Division of the American Conference. They played their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which w ...

, Arena football team *

Miami Fusion Miami Fusion F.C. was an American professional soccer club based in the Miami metropolitan area. The club competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team played from 1998 to 2001. Announced in 1997 as one ...

, a professional soccer club in Fort Lauderdale *

, an American esports team

Other organizations

* Fusion Academy, a private alternative school in several U.S. cities *

Fusion Media Group The Fusion Media Group (FMG; formerly Fusion Media Network) is a division of Univision Communications. The company was launched in April 2016 after Univision bought out Disney's stake in Fusion through the Fusion Media Network joint venture betwe ...

, a division of Univision Communications

Law and politics

Fusion of powers Fusion of powers is a feature of some parliamentary forms of government where different branches of government are intermingled or fused, typically the executive and legislative branches. It is contrasted with the separation of powers found ...

, a feature of some parliamentary forms of government * Fusionism (politics), the combination of libertarianism and various types of conservatism *

Electoral fusion Electoral fusion in the United States is an arrangement where two or more United States political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, allowing that candidate to receive votes on multiple party lines in the same election. Electoral fus ...

, an arrangement where two or more political parties support a common candidate *

Fusion of law and equity Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes. Although common law may incorporate certain statutes, it is largely based on prece ...

, combining the rules of equity and common law into one set of rules * Fusion of the legal profession, the elimination of the distinction between barristers and solicitors

Products

AMD Fusion AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), formerly known as Fusion, is a series of 64-bit microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), combining a general-purpose AMD64 central processing unit ( CPU) and 3D integrated graphics processing un ...

, a combined microprocessor and GPU design, now branded as AMD Accelerated Processing Unit *

Ford Fusion (Americas) The Ford Fusion is a mid-size car that was manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company. From the 2006 through 2020 model years, two generations of the Fusion have been produced in gasoline, gas/electric hybrid, and gas/plug-in electric ...

, a mid-sized car produced by Ford Motor Company * Ford Fusion (Europe), a mini MPV produced by Ford Motor Company * Schumacher Fusion, a radio-controlled car * Gillette Fusion, a safety razor by Gillette * Fusion, a brand name of computer hardware used by Arctic

Other uses

* Fusion (phonetics), the merger of phonological features of two speech segments into one feature *

Fusion cuisine Fusion cuisine is a cuisine that combines elements of different cuisine, culinary traditions that originate from different countries, regions, or cultures. Cuisines of this type are not categorized according to any one particular cuisine style an ...

, the combination of elements of various culinary traditions *

Fusional language Fusional languages or inflected languages are a type of synthetic language, distinguished from agglutinative languages by their tendency to use single inflectional morphemes to denote multiple grammatical, syntactic, or semantic features. For ...

or inflected language, a type of language * Information fusion, the merging of information from disparate sources