fuze
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant spelling of fuse used to differentiate senses, see Usage note there.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fuze (plural fuzes)
- (military, professional usage) An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]fuze (third-person singular simple present fuzes, present participle fuzing, simple past and past participle fuzed)
- (transitive, military, professional usage) To equip with a fuze.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fuze”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “fuze”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.