reconstitution
Americannoun
-
the act, process, or result of putting the elements of something back together into a whole; reconstruction.
Although places and events are concrete, our mental reconstitutions of them are often inaccurate.
The restorative work aimed at a full reconstitution of the building’s medieval character, including furniture and other objects.
-
the act or process of returning a dehydrated or concentrated food or other substance to its normal liquid state by adding water.
In the Apollo moon program of the late 1960s, hot water was available for rapid reconstitution of freeze-dried foods by the astronauts.
Etymology
Origin of reconstitution
First recorded in 1755–65; 1915–20 reconstitution for def. 2; re- ( def. ) + constitution ( def. )
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Last year, only three new members were added through the annual reconstitution.
From MarketWatch
While the reconstitution of the Nasdaq-100 happens only once a year, changes can happen at other times, such as when a current member transfers to another exchange or reclassifies as a financial company.
From MarketWatch
The account on X, formerly known as Twitter, “is not linked to her email address, nor has she posted under that screenname since she deleted the account. Rather, it represents the reconstitution, last April, and manipulation of an account she long ago abandoned,” court spokesperson Al Baker said.
From Seattle Times
“It is not linked to her email address, nor has she posted under that screen name since she deleted the account. Rather, it represents the reconstitution, last April, and manipulation of an account she long ago abandoned.”
From Salon
Aresco became the fourth commissioner of the Big East Conference in 2012, and oversaw the reconstitution of that organization into the American Athletic Conference a year later, when the original seven members of the Big East kept that name and returned to their basketball roots.
From Washington Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
