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fuse noun

  /fjuːz/
  • (electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
 zekering

fuse noun

  /fjuːz/
  • A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
  • (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
 lont

fuse verb

  /fjuːz/
  • (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
 samensmelten, versmelten
  • (transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
 smelten
fuse box
zekeringenkast
blow a fuse
stoppen doorslaan
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