Used in a Sentence

fusee

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fusee.

Editorial note

By which you mean that if you have a fusee-glecee (sic) compatible switch, no hardware mods are necessary beyond turning it on holding a usually inaccessible button combination, right?

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A large friction match.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fusee gathered in one view.

noun

A large friction match.

noun

A fuse for an explosive.

noun

A light musket or firelock.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fusee.

noun

A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.

Example sentences

1

By which you mean that if you have a fusee-glecee (sic) compatible switch, no hardware mods are necessary beyond turning it on holding a usually inaccessible button combination, right?

2

For the Nintendo Switch, it was used to dump some firmware which was then analysed and found to have a buffer exploit (can't remember what sort), which let to the famous Fusee Gelee exploit on early switches.

3

Similarly to the reasons behind the Geneva cross (loss of power as a spring unwinds), we developed the Fusee chain to compensate for the loss of power by acting like a transmission in a car.

4

Especially since newer hardware revision exist which fixed Fusee-Gelee, the BootROM bug you talked about.

5

There were warmboot attacks (see Fusee-Gelee) that involved code injection, but even then the machine would still recognize it was running in debug mode, and block the user from access to certain functions.

6

[3] Interestingly, the Spanish, French and German on the motors still use motor, as Motor, Moteur-Fusee and Raketenmotor, respectively.

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[0]: An interesting counterpoint would the Nintendo Switch running on an Nvidia Tegra hardware, but all the evidence points to that this chip is a 100% vanilla Nvidia Tegra X1 that Nvidia was already selling themselves (to the point its bootloader could be unlocked like a standard Tegra, leading to the Switch Fusee-Gelee exploit).

Proper noun examples

1

Especially since newer hardware revision exist which fixed Fusee-Gelee, the BootROM bug you talked about.

2

There were warmboot attacks (see Fusee-Gelee) that involved code injection, but even then the machine would still recognize it was running in debug mode, and block the user from access to certain functions.

3

[3] Interestingly, the Spanish, French and German on the motors still use motor, as Motor, Moteur-Fusee and Raketenmotor, respectively.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fusee in a sentence?

By which you mean that if you have a fusee-glecee (sic) compatible switch, no hardware mods are necessary beyond turning it on holding a usually inaccessible button combination, right?

What does fusee mean?

A large friction match.

What part of speech is fusee?

fusee is commonly used as noun.