electrofusionn.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊˈfjuːʒn/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˈfjuʒ(ə)n/, /iˌlɛktroʊˈfjuʒ(ə)n/ 1. Manufacturing Technology. The fusion of metals or other materials by means of an electric current.
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1881 C. W. Siemens in Nature 10 Feb. 353/1 Electro-fusion of..iron or platinum.
1954 U.S. Patent 2,697,770 3 This difficulty is overcome by the formation of the main body of the weld by the electro-fusion deposition of the Croloy 7 steel.
1990 Geogr. Jrnl. 156 185/2 The first industry to receive priority will be the electrofusion of some 4 million tons of magnetites a year to yield iron, titanium and vanadium.
2. Biology. Fusion of cells or cellular components induced by the passage of an electric current.
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1983 Biotechn. Adv. 1 295 Electrofusion has been shown to greatly enhance the yield of intergeneric fusion products.
1990 Bioelectrochem. & Bioenergetics 24 81 The major topics of the conference..will be: 1) Towards a better understanding of the process and underlying mechanisms of electroporation and electrofusion.
2002 D. Shi et al. in K. Schellander et al. Genomics & Biotechnol. Livestock Breeding 157 The cleavage rate and blastocyst development of fused oocytes using electrofusion were similar to the oocytes microinjected.
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