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Fuze
In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates function. In some applications, such as torpedoes, a fuze may be identified by function as the exploder. The relative complexity of even the earliest fuze designs can be seen in cutaway diagrams.
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Fuze (noun)
An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition.
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Fuze (verb)
To attach a fuze to.
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Fuse (noun)
A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
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Fuse (noun)
The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
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Fuse (noun)
A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
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Fuse (noun)
Indicating a tendency to lose one’s temper.
“When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.”
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Fuse (noun)
A friction match for smokers’ use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
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Fuse (noun)
A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
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Fuse (verb)
To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
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Fuse (verb)
To melt together.
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Fuse (verb)
To furnish with or install a fuse.
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Fuse (verb)
To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings