recombination

/R IY0 K AA0 M B AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    Combination a second or subsequent time.

  2. 2

    The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents

  3. 3

    The reverse of dissociation

  4. 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.

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