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English word origin

Etymology of recon

Clipping of reconnaissance.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Reconnaissance. · A hairstyle in which the sides of the head are shaven and the crest is cropped close.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of reconnaissance.

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Source etymology 3 · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To reconnoiter.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of reconnoiter.

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Source etymology 3 · variant 2/2

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noun

The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Contracted form of recombination + -on, coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957 as " […] the smallest element in the one-dimensional array that is interchangeable (but not divisible) by genetic recombination."

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Source etymology 4

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noun

A reconstruction.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of reconstruction.

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