joining or blending different things together into one unified whole; or melting things together.
From Latin 'fundere' (to pour or melt). The term originally referred to the physical melting of metals, then extended metaphorically.
Nuclear fusion, where atoms merge and release enormous energy, is the same process powering the Sun—it's why the Sun has been burning for 4.6 billion years.
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