reconstitution
Americannoun
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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.
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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
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In June, the Russell Index reconstitution shifted tech giants Amazon, Apple and Microsoft partially or further into the Russell 1000 Value Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The reconstitution takes place after the close on Friday, impacting the $12 trillion in assets benchmarked or invested in products based on Russell indexes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Morgan analyst Bram Kaplan estimated that 16.4% of the Russell 2000’s market value will move into the Russell 1000 during the reconstitution.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
In these in vitro reconstitution experiments, they observed that the filaments display dynamic instability.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
He strengthened his political position by the reconstitution of the Imperial Chamber, by the organization of the Netherlands into a circle of the empire, and by the formation of a new military treasury.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
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