Fusion means to merge or combine. It may refer to:

• Nuclear fusion, in physics
  • Fusion power, energy generated by nuclear fusion reactions
• Electoral fusion, in politics fusion refers to two parties with the same candidate
• Fusion (music), especially Jazz fusion
• Fusion cuisine, combines elements of various culinary traditions while not fitting specifically into any
• Ford Fusion, a type of car
• Fusion Magazine, a comedy magazine founded and edited by Glenn Beck
• Fusion (comics), a comic book published by Eclipse Comics,
• Fusion (Control Panel), a multi-platform web hosting control panel
• Fusion Software, a new product expected from Oracle in 2007 in response to PeopleSoft takeover
• Fusion (Yu-Gi-Oh!), in the trading card game
• Fusion (Dragon Ball), in the anime, Dragon Ball Z
• Fusion Australia, an Australian Christian organisation
• Gene fusion, a genetic event and molecular biology technique
• Schumacher Fusion, a radio-controlled car
• BT Fusion, a UK voice-over-IP service
• Oracle Fusion, a technology and application development platform from Oracle Corporation
• "Fusion (Enterprise episode)", a first season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Fusion (comics)//www.imprintstudios.net/Bios/fusion_bio.html a character from comic publisher Imprint Studios

Fusion may also refer to:

• Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats, a Haitian political party usually referred to simply as Fusion
• Fusion, an oil company which has stakes in the Chinguetti deposit in Mauritania.
• Fertilization, fusion of gametes to form a new organism
• Freezing, and the associated heat of fusion
• Arthrodesis, the artificial induction of joint ossification between two bones via surgery
• Sandhi, a phonological processes
• Gillette Fusion Razor

See also

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• Fission
• Merger

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