ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Recombination

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Recombination is a noun meaning Combination a second or subsequent time.

Meaning

Combination a second or subsequent time.

More Meanings

  1. (genetics) The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.
  2. (chemistry) The reverse of dissociation.
  3. (astrophysics) 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.

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Related dictionary entries include restructuring, reorganization, combination, reshuffling, hybridization, crossover.

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