Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of superfusing or the state of being superfused. Specifically: The state of being poured out or spread over.
- noun The state of being heated above the fusing-point.
- noun In physical chemistry, the state of a liquid which does not solidify, although cooled below the temperature at which the liquid and its solid phase are in equilibrium. An example is the cooling of water below the freezing-point without; the formation of ice. See
supersaturated solution . Alsosurfusion .
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- noun medicine The continuous
flowing of asustaining fluid over the outside of an isolated organ
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Examples
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All of them together led to a superfusion that turned the two economies into one unit.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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Because companies have been the most obvious beneficiaries of this superfusion, it has been easy to portray this emerging system as simply one more example of the way that capitalism and corporations satisfy the interests of the few and fail to enrich the many.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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And because Avon was one aspect of the superfusion of China and America, its evolution has wider ramifications.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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And because Avon was one aspect of the superfusion of China and America, its evolution has wider ramifications.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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They are the superpowers of the global economic system, and their fusion is therefore a superfusion.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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They are the superpowers of the global economic system, and their fusion is therefore a superfusion.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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The events of 2008 did not highlight the perils of the superfusion of China and America; it proved how invaluable the relationship had become.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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All of them together led to a superfusion that turned the two economies into one unit.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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Because companies have been the most obvious beneficiaries of this superfusion, it has been easy to portray this emerging system as simply one more example of the way that capitalism and corporations satisfy the interests of the few and fail to enrich the many.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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The events of 2008 did not highlight the perils of the superfusion of China and America; it proved how invaluable the relationship had become.
Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009
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