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    Fuse, or Fuze , n.  (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit.  When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage.  It serves the same function as a circuit breaker.
   
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   Fuze (?), n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n.
   
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   Chemical fuze, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. -- Concussion fuze, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. -- Electric fuze, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. -- Friction fuze, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction.  See fuzee1. -- Percussion fuze, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. -- Time fuze, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.
   
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