reconnection
noun
re·con·nec·tion
(ˌ)rē-kə-ˈnek-shən 
plural reconnections
: the act or result of restoring a connection : the state of being reconnected
Your best bet is to arrange a utility transfer as far ahead as possible to avoid any disruption in service and the dreaded and totally avoidable reconnection fee.—
Leslie Sargent Eskildsen
Leslie Sargent EskildsenHis reconnection with lost family members … made him aware for the first time not only of his clan's fate in the People's Republic, but also of the distinguished part it had played during the dynastic period as well.—Orville Schell
Orville SchellExamples of reconnection in a Sentence
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An investigation into his father’s sudden suicide turns into a cathartic journey of reconnection and healing.
—Jennie Punter, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Counteracting this tension is the separate, gentler subplot of Sam’s unexpected reconnection with former high-school BFF Katherine (Hillary Baack), now a married suburban mother with clear yearnings for something more.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Shortly thereafter, scientists on the Parker team determined how magnetic reconnection may also cause the fast solar wind.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
Brendan Griebel, an Arctic anthropologist and manager of collections and archives for the Kitikmeot Heritage Society, says this reconnection is about far more than just the production of goods.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
When this reconnection happens, the new magnetic field lines generate enormous force, like a taut rubber band being snapped, and this force flings plasma out from the sun.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
Scientists suspect that magnetic reconnection superheats the coronal plasma, and small-scale phenomena such as the jetlets or related phenomena called nano flares might play a role.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
Seeking a connection The Parker team created simulations of reconnection that matched the probe’s observations.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 June 2023
What powers the solar wind was debated for decades, as there was controversy over whether it was driven by magnetic reconnection or Alfvén waves.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 June 2023
Jennie Punter, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Counteracting this tension is the separate, gentler subplot of Sam’s unexpected reconnection with former high-school BFF Katherine (Hillary Baack), now a married suburban mother with clear yearnings for something more.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Shortly thereafter, scientists on the Parker team determined how magnetic reconnection may also cause the fast solar wind.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
Brendan Griebel, an Arctic anthropologist and manager of collections and archives for the Kitikmeot Heritage Society, says this reconnection is about far more than just the production of goods.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
When this reconnection happens, the new magnetic field lines generate enormous force, like a taut rubber band being snapped, and this force flings plasma out from the sun.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
Scientists suspect that magnetic reconnection superheats the coronal plasma, and small-scale phenomena such as the jetlets or related phenomena called nano flares might play a role.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
Seeking a connection The Parker team created simulations of reconnection that matched the probe’s observations.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 June 2023
What powers the solar wind was debated for decades, as there was controversy over whether it was driven by magnetic reconnection or Alfvén waves.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 June 2023
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