fusee
pronunciation
How to pronounce fusee in British English:
UK [fju:'zi:]
How to pronounce fusee in American English:
US [fju'zi]
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- Noun:
- a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
- a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
- a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
Word Origin
- fusee (n.)
- also fuzee, type of light musket, 1660s, from pronunciation of French fusil (see fusilier). As the name of a type of match used in lighting cigars and pipes by 1832, from fusee as a variant of fuse (n.).
Example
- 1. A slow - burning match formerly used for lighting cigars ; a fusee .
- 2. Effect of contamination in circait on storage failure of missile fusee system .
- 3. I can 't get the cap on that fusee . Will you take a look at it ?