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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.
 säkring, propp

fuse noun

  /fjuːz/
  • A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
 stubin, stubintråd
  • (figurative) A tendency to lose one's temper.
 stubin
  • (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
 tändrör

fuse verb

  /fjuːz/
  • (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
 sammansmälta
  • (transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
 säkra
fuse box
proppskåp
short fuse
kort stubin
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