From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnuclear fusionˌnuclear ˈfusion noun [uncountable] TPHPa nuclear reaction in which the nuclei (=central parts) of atoms join together, which produces power without producing any waste
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nuclear fusion• But then, so would be nuclear fusion in the state I was in.• There could be a sudden breakthrough in nuclear fusion or the cost equation of photo-electric energy.• The company blames cuts in Government funding for its work into nuclear fusion for the job losses.• To an unformed child, Edna Madalyn McGurk Ting was like nuclear fusion.• If the scientists succeed, they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices.• The products of nuclear fusion involving deuterons with hydrogen isotopes. 