COLD FUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cold fusion mean? 

• COLD FUSION (noun)
  The noun COLD FUSION has 1 sense:

1. nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken

  Familiarity information: COLD FUSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLD FUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("cold fusion" is a kind of...):

fusion; nuclear fusion; nuclear fusion reaction (a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy)