nuclear fusion bomb
1Nuclear fusion — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical dec …
2nuclear fusion — fusion (def. 4). [1895 1900] * * * Process by which nuclear reactions between light elements form heavier ones, releasing huge amounts of energy. In 1939 Hans Bethe suggested that the energy output of the sun and other stars is a result of fusion …
3fusion bomb — n. a nuclear bomb in which the principal energy source is the fusion reaction that follows the initial fission reaction: see HYDROGEN BOMB * * * …
4fusion bomb — n. a nuclear bomb in which the principal energy source is the fusion reaction that follows the initial fission reaction: see HYDROGEN BOMB …
5nuclear fusion — n. the fusion of lightweight atomic nuclei, as of tritium or deuterium, into a nucleus of heavier mass, as of helium, with a resultant loss in the combined mass, which is converted into energy: the principle of the hydrogen bomb …
6fusion bomb — noun a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium • Syn: ↑hydrogen bomb, ↑H bomb, ↑thermonuclear bomb • Hypernyms: ↑nuclear weapon, ↑atomic weapon, ↑bo …
7fusion bomb — noun An atomic bomb that uses nuclear fusion as a source of energy; a hydrogen bomb …
8fusion bomb — noun a bomb deriving its energy from nuclear fusion, especially a hydrogen bomb …
9nuclear fusion — noun The combining of the nuclei of small atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bomb explode …
10Timeline of nuclear fusion — Timeline of significant events in the study and use of nuclear fusion:*1929 Atkinson and Houtermans used the measured masses of low mass elements and applied Einstein s discovery that E=mc2 to predict that large amounts of energy could be… …
