Mike McCarty wrote:
Gene Heskett wrote:
On Tuesday 05 September 2006 12:25, Michael P. Brininstool wrote:
dictionary.com sez basically that fuse is the thing you light to blow
something up and the fuze is an electronic version of same.
And as a C.E.T. of 34 years, and chasing electrons for a living for
57 or so, I have yet to see the hot wire device designed to open a
circuit when too much current flows called anything but a fuse, with
an 's'. Thats not
Yep.
saying it couldn't be so spelled in other locales, but here, there's
only one way to spell it unless the writer failed spelling.
Then dictionary.com is wrong. A fuze is a device for detonating a
weapon. A fuse is an electrical device. I've been doing electronics
for 40 years, and *never* have encountered the term "fuze" to mean
an electronics component.
Furthermore, I looked in a "real" dictionary, and that's what it
verified.
Mike
*My ancient dictionary, about as fragile as the dead sea scrolls, even
shows pictures of several "fuzes!" Two have propellers and they
obviously screw into the nose of a projectile/bomb.
"FUZE noun A mechanical or electrical device that initiates the
explosive charge of a shell, bomb, grenade, etc."
Funk & Wagnalls New College Standard Dictionary C. 1947
Thunderbird Compose spell checker can't deal with Fuze though!
Bob Goodwin*
