recombination

Meaning

1. Combination a second or subsequent time.
2. The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.
3. The reverse of dissociation.
4. 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.

Synonyms

rearrangement

compound

genetic recombination

multiplicity

recomposition

reconfiguration

restructuring

composition

retooling

Translations

ricombinazione

recombinaison

recombinación

Rekombination

recombinação

إعادة تركيب

genetische Rekombination

recombinaison génétique

Umgruppierung

Umbau

ricombinazione genetica

recombinatie

yeniden birleşme

Etymology

From re- + combination.