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| Subject | has definition | liberates energy | is a kind of | 
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| endothermic fusion process | a fusion process which requires energy | energy sink | |
| exothermic fusion process | A fusion reaction which linerates energy. | energy source | |
| nucleosynthesis | The production of heavy nuclei from the fusion of lighter ones. | fusion | 
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