recombine
pronunciation
How to pronounce recombine in British English:
UK [ˌri:kəm'baɪn]
How to pronounce recombine in American English:
US [ˌrikəmˈbaɪn]
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- Verb:
- undergo genetic recombination
- cause genetic recombination
- to combine or put together again
Word Origin
- recombine (v.)
- 1630s, from re- + combine (v.). Related: Recombined; recombining.
Example
- 1. That provides ample opportunity for strains to mingle and recombine .
- 2. The ministers could then stretch , restrain or recombine the lamy compromises .
- 3. Just as wikipedia lets people contribute information to its articles , freebase , which is in a test phase , will let anybody contribute , correct or recombine data .
- 4. Although a clone can produce new members asexually and avoid meiosis ( the stage where parental genomes recombine ) , it still continues to undergo cell division over the years .
- 5. Cities are our greatest invention not because of the scale of their infrastructure or their placement along key trade routes but because they enable human beings to combine and recombine their talents and ideas in new ways .