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fusible

[ fyoo-zuh-buh l ]

/ ˈfyu zə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being fused or melted.

Origin of fusible

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word fūsibilis. See fuse², -ible

OTHER WORDS FROM fusible

fu·si·ble·ness, noun fu·si·bly, adverb non·fu·si·ble, adjective un·fu·si·ble, adjective

un·fu·si·ble·ness, noun

Words nearby fusible

fuselage, fuseli, fushih, fushun, fusibility, fusible, fusible metal, fusiform, fusiform aneurysm, fusiform gyrus, fusil

Example sentences from the Web for fusible

The kaolin is not fusible, the petuntze vitrifies and envelopes the kaolin, producing a smooth compact body which is translucent.

Chats on Oriental China |J. F. Blacker
Slender, brilliant, colourless needles; fusible at 122 Fahr., and distilling at a higher temperature without decomposition.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
All the fusible plugs were in cartridges to prevent sparks from falling if the plugs burned out.

Chicago's Awful Theater Horror |Various
There was a safety valve, a glass water gauge, a pressure gauge, and two fusible plugs upon the tube.

Records of Steam Boiler Explosions |Edward Bindon Marten

It is not only infusible by itself, but it will not dissolve in the fusible glasses; making them merely opaque.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for fusible

fusible

/ (ˈfjuːzəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being fused or melted

Derived forms of fusible

fusibility or fusibleness, noun fusibly, adverb