fuse

1. A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.

   Zündschnur

   фити́льfitílʹ, огнепрово́дный шнурogneprovódnyj šnur

   запа́лювальний ґнітzapáljuvalʹnyj gnit, запальни́й ґнітzapalʹnýj gnit

2. An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end.

3. (figuratively)A tendency to lose one's temper.

   When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.

4. A kind of match for starting a fire:

   A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.

5. A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

6. A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.

   Sicherung

   пла́вкий предохрани́тельplávkij predoxranítelʹ, про́бкаpróbka

   an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

1. I lit the fuse.

   Я запалив детонатор. — deniko

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2. Tom certainly has a short fuse.

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3. You need to replace the fuse?

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4. I'm going to replace the fuse.

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5. I can't find our box of fuses.

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