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recombination

noun

Etymology

From recombination. The name is slightly inaccurate and is given for historical reasons: in fact the electrons and atomic nuclei were combining for the first time.

  1. derived from combīnātiō
  2. derived from combination
  3. inherited from combinacioun
  4. prefixed as recombination — “re + combination”

Definitions

  1. Combination a second or subsequent time.

  2. The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.

  3. The reverse of dissociation.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The process by which the plasma of electrons and protons produced after the Big Bang…

      The process by which the plasma of electrons and protons produced after the Big Bang condensed into hydrogen, or the epoch in which this process occurred.

    2. The epoch of recombination of the Universe, where atomic matter formed from free…

      The epoch of recombination of the Universe, where atomic matter formed from free particles, combining protons with electrons. One of the Ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when neutral hydrogen formed out of the cosmic soup of protons and electrons in plasma, that condensed out of the energy of the Big Bang. This era produces the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).

The neighborhood

Derived

antirecombination, homologous recombination, hyperrecombination, microrecombination, photorecombination, pseudorecombination, radiative recombination, RecBCD, Recombination, recombinational, recombination energy, recon

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for recombination. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA