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Meaning of fuses
noun
- A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
- The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
- A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
- Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper. Example: When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
- A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
verb
- To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
- To melt together.
- To furnish with or install a fuse.
- 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
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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