nuclear fusion

noun

physics
: a process in which the nuclei of atoms are joined

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When that occurs, the conditions within the new object’s interior may yet be right for nuclear fusion to proceed. Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026 Macmillan isn’t the only yet-to-be teen who is so involved with nuclear fusion. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026 After achieving success in the lab, Ma hits the road to explain the possibilities of a future using nuclear fusion as a power source. Frances Stead Sellers, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026 When stars with around the same mass as the sun run out of hydrogen, the fuel necessary for nuclear fusion in their cores, their cores collapse and their outer layers swell out and are eventually lost. Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fusion

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