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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
Fusion caused by metallic hydrogen compression, inertial compression, magnetic compression, etc is not generally considered thermonuclear because it does not involve a fission explosion.
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I'd say that it was a nuclear reaction initiated by heat. There's your "thermo" and your "nuclear" right there. :)
To my understanding "thermonuclear" exists to distinguish reactions caused by heat from those initiated by neutrons.