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RECONSTRUCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of constructing something again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reconstruction" is a kind of...):
fix; fixing; fixture; mend; mending; repair; reparation (the act of putting something in working order again)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reconstruction"):
makeover (a complete reconstruction and renovation of something)
reassembly; refabrication (assembling again)
re-formation; regeneration (forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting)
rebuilding (building again)
Derivation:
reconstruct (do over, as of (part of) a house)
reconstruct (build again)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
Synonyms:
reconstruction; reconstructive memory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reconstruction" is a kind of...):
recall; recollection; reminiscence (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))
Derivation:
reconstruct (reassemble mentally)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reconstruction" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
Synonyms:
Reconstruction; Reconstruction Period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)
Context examples:
A type of breast reconstruction in which blood vessels called deep inferior epigastric perforators (DIEP), and the skin and fat connected to them are removed from the lower abdomen and used for reconstruction.
(DIEP flap, NCI Dictionary)
Surgical reconstruction or replacement of all or part of a damaged knee joint with an artificial joint or artificial components.
(Arthroplasty of the Knee, NCI Thesaurus)
The ship will also be used in the reconstruction of Commandant Ferraz Antarctic Station, in addition to serving as a platform for the conduction of research studies.
(Brazil ship off to Antarctica for research support, Agência Brasil)
That Gladbachus reconstruction model runs counter to some long-held notions in marine paleobiology.
(Ancient sharks likely more diverse than previously thought, National Science Foundation)
A pedicle flap is a type of breast reconstruction.
(Pedicle flap, NCI Dictionary)
Implementation of a gamma camera to obtain 2D images with no tomographic reconstruction process being involved.
(Planar Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)
The study reveals the first reconstructions of extinct aquatic species in their habitats along the seaway.
(Ancient Saharan seaway illustrates how Earth’s climate and creatures can undergo extreme change, National Science Foundation)
A latissimus dorsi flap is a type of breast reconstruction.
(Latissimus dorsi flap, NCI Dictionary)
An inflatable reservoir that is used to expand the remaining breast skin after a mastectomy and prior to surgical reconstruction.
(Breast Tissue Expander, NCI Thesaurus)
Paleontologists have been working to reconstitute a complete sauropod skeleton from several different specimens that have been unearthed from Angeac-Charente in the last decade — with the reconstruction now around 50 per cent complete.
(140 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur’s Huge Bone Found in Southwest France, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
