recombination.

1. The joining of charged particles, such as an electron and ion, into a less ionized or neutral state.

2. The creation of new combinations of genetic material through exchange or rearrangement.

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Words that belong together

• electron-ion recombination
• plasma recombination

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Recombination reduced the number of free electrons.

The cooling plasma emitted radiation during recombination.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; recombinations for separate events. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.