Associations to the word «Recombination»

Wiktionary

RECOMBINATION, noun. Combination a second or subsequent time.
RECOMBINATION, noun. (genetics) The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents
RECOMBINATION, noun. (chemistry) The reverse of dissociation
RECOMBINATION, noun. (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.
RECOMBINATION ENERGY, noun. (physics) The energy released when two oppositely charged fragments of an atom or molecule recombine to form a neutral compound

Dictionary definition

RECOMBINATION, noun. (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.
RECOMBINATION, noun. (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky