What does "recombination" mean?
Combination a second or subsequent time.
Recombination
name, noun
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Combination a second or subsequent time.
- Grammar: recombination is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: chemical union, crossovers, dna exchange, fragment coupling.
- Useful contrasts: ionisation, ionization, no genetic exchange.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Combination a second or subsequent time.
- 2 (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents wordnet
- 3 The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.
- 4 (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles wordnet
- 5 The reverse of dissociation.
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- 6 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.
Proper Noun
- 1 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).
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Common questions
What is a synonym for "recombination"?
Common synonyms include: chemical union, crossovers, dna exchange, fragment coupling, genetic reassortment, genetic shuffling.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From re- + combination.
Etymology 2
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.