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(physics) a combination of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions
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recombination
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents (physics) a combinng 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 ...
Wikipedia
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Recombination may refer to: Genetic recombination , the process by which genetic material is broken and joined to other genetic material Recombination (physics) , in semiconductors, the elimination of mobile charge carriers (electrons and holes) Crossover ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 combination a second or subsequent time. 2 (context genetics English) The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents 3 (context chemistry English) The reverse of dissociation 4 (context astrophysics English) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recombination \Re*com`bi*na"tion\ (r?*k?m`b?*n?"sh?n), n. Combination a second or additional time.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1791, from re- + combination .
Usage examples of recombination.
Loosed at last from mortal speech, he turned into written words: Bellerophonic letters afloat between two worlds, forever betraying, in combinations and recombinations, the man they forever represent.
Many of the depraved recombinations were incapable of erect ambulation, having blindly conjoined with limbs of too great disparity—or fused arms to knees, thighs to shoulders.
They bobbled Yakima a few years ago just because one of the their agents found a recombination analyzer in the city hospital.
Firing is supposed to bring about certain chemical decompositions and recombinations that entirely change the physical character of the dry clay.
According to the Survey Captain, the Corviki were entranced with the concept of special 'formulae' (the crew had been watching Othello) intended purely to waste energy in search of excitation and recombination with no mass objective.
Since no genetic diversity is found within the clone, no adaptation to new stresses can occur through recombination of genes as in a sexually propagated population.
PTC are germ-line recombination refuseniks: They refuse to have their children screened for fixable errors.