Recombination
Encyclopedia
Recombination may refer to:
- Recombination (biology), the process by which genetic material is broken and joined to other genetic material
- Recombination (physics), in semiconductors, the elimination of mobile charge carriers (electrons and holes)
- Crossover (genetic algorithm)Crossover (genetic algorithm)In genetic algorithms, crossover is a genetic operator used to vary the programming of a chromosome or chromosomes from one generation to the next. It is analogous to reproduction and biological crossover, upon which genetic algorithms are based...
, also called recombination - Plasma recombinationPlasma recombinationPlasma recombination is a process by which ions of a plasma capture the free energetic electrons to form new neutral atoms.Recombination usually take place in the whole volume of a plasma , although in some cases it is confined to some special region of it...
, the formation of neutral atoms from the capture of free electrons by the cations in a plasma - Recombination (cosmology)Recombination (cosmology)In cosmology, recombination refers to the epoch at which charged electrons and protons first became bound to form electrically neutral hydrogen atoms.Note that the term recombination is a misnomer, considering that it represents the first time that electrically neutral hydrogen formed. After the...
, the time at which protons and electrons formed neutral hydrogen in the timeline of the Big Bang - Recombination (chemistry), the opposite of dissociation, or