coalition | | |
n. (group) | 1. alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition | an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty. |
| ~ combination | an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes). |
| ~ organization, organisation | a group of people who work together. |
| ~ allies | an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy. |
| ~ bloc, axis | a group of countries in special alliance. |
| ~ allies | in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers. |
| ~ central powers | in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies. |
| ~ allies | the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945. |
| ~ axis | in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations.; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II" |
| ~ entente, entente cordiale | an informal alliance between countries. |
| ~ popular front | a leftist coalition organized against a common opponent. |
| ~ global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization | an international alliance involving many different countries. |
| ~ ally | a friendly nation. |
| ~ northern alliance, united front | a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban. |
n. (state) | 2. coalition, fusion | the state of being combined into one body. |
| ~ unification, union | the state of being joined or united or linked.; "there is strength in union" |
| ~ alliance, confederation | the state of being allied or confederated. |
| ~ federalisation, federalization | the state of being under federal control.; "the federalization of postal service" |
n. (act) | 3. coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination | the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts. |
| ~ jointure, uniting, unification, conjugation, union | the act of making or becoming a single unit.; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" |
fusion | | |
n. (event) | 1. fusion, merger, unification | an occurrence that involves the production of a union. |
| ~ union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts.; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals" |
n. (process) | 2. fusion | the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words. |
| ~ linguistic process | a process involved in human language. |
| ~ syncretism | the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections). |
n. (process) | 3. fusion, nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction | a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. |
| ~ cold fusion | nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken. |
| ~ nuclear reaction | (physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei. |
| ~ thermonuclear reaction | a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun). |
n. (cognition) | 4. fusion, optical fusion | the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept. |
| ~ beholding, seeing, visual perception | perception by means of the eyes. |
n. (act) | 5. fusion, spinal fusion | correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization. |
| ~ correction | treatment of a specific defect.; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses" |
n. (act) | 6. fusion | the act of fusing (or melting) together. |
| ~ compounding, combining, combination | the act of combining things to form a new whole. |
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