recomposition

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noun

A composition again or anew; the process or result of recomposing

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Meanings

nounrecomposition (countable and uncountable, plural recompositions)

plural recompositions

  1. countableuncountableA composition again or anew; the process or result of recomposing

    The Universe is one vast chemical laboratory, in constant operation, by her internal forces. The laws or principles of attraction, cohesion, and repulsion, produce in never-ending succession the phenomena of composition, decomposition, and recomposition.

    1881, Ernestine Rose, A Defence of Atheism, J.P. Mendum, page 15
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    This unnecessary process of recomposition can also attack a playwright most effectively in the last two weeks of rehearsal, when the production is usually in pieces, the actors restive, and a quick solution to everyone’s discomfort appears to be an amputation of one of the limbs of the script.

    1993, Joan Schenkar, “A New Way to Pay Old Debts”, in Ellen Donkin, Susan Clement, editors, Upstaging Big Daddy: Directing Theater as If Gender and Race Matter, Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 258
  2. countableneologismuncountableSynonym of terramation (“a process for the final disposition of human remains”)

    Synonyms: terramation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of terramation (“a process for the final disposition of human remains”)

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