Fusing is the joining of glass while in it's molten state. It is what happens to each gather of glass added to the piece being worked, a fundamental step in all glassblowing. It also is used to describe work done in a kiln or an oven where the pieces of glass are allowed to fuse together while hot.
This is a technique of using heat to bond two items together. I might have invented the technique of fusing large pieces of fine silver to glass. As far as I know, it was new to the Society of Glass Beadmakers conventions I have attended. If I find earlier history of this technique, I will update this definition.
The melting or bonding of units together by heat.
The joining of metals by melting before loosing shape of individual assemblies.
The fusion of different coloured glasses at high temperature to attain a collage-effect in glass. Abbreviation or symbol for "Solar factor" according to EN 410, formerly abbreviated to SF or TT.
Use of heat to melt more than two pieces of glass together.
Melting together two or more pieces of glass.
Fusing is one of several ways of joining pieces of glass with heat until they bond.
Glass-fusing is the process of using a kiln to join together pieces of glass.
The uniting of two pieces of glass by means of high temperature process.
The art of adhering glass to other glass surfaces or melting one glass directly into another. The heat necessary for this is best applied in a kiln, though a torch may be used with very small pieces.
The technique of joining metals by melting them together.
The melting of a metallic coating (usually electro-deposited) followed by solidification. In fiber optics, the actual operation of joining fibers together by fusion or melting.
For the art, see stained glass fusing.