recombination
nounEtymology From re- + combination.
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Combination a second or subsequent time.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The reverse of dissociation.
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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.
- Derived terms
- antirecombination, homologous recombination, hyperrecombination, microrecombination, photorecombination, pseudorecombination, radiative recombination, RecBCD, Recombination, recombinational, recombination energy, recon
- Related terms
- recombine
- Coordinate terms
- reionization