The act of blending components together thoroughly.

synonym: blend.

Roget 48: combination; mixture etc. 41; junction etc. 43; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis^†, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization.    alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid [Lat.]; resultant, impregnation.    ... show more

A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades.

synonym: shading.

Dutch: fusie, kernfusie
Polish: wycieniowywanie, cieniowanie