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reannihilation

reannihilation noun: a second or subsequent annihilation.

Noun

reannihilation (uncountable)

  1. A second or subsequent annihilation.
    • Engaging the IO initiated an instantaneous annihilation/ reannihilation of every particle of matter on the ship — effectively cancelling the passage of time outside the ship's frame of reference.1989, David Stern, Nightmare World
    • We discuss one by one the following various dark matter production regimes of this kind: freeze-in, reannihilation and dark freeze-out.2015, Nicolas Bernal, Xiaoyong Chu, Camilo Garcia-Cely, Thomas Hambye, Bryan Zaldivar, “Production Regimes for Self-Interacting Dark Matter”, in arXiv

Origin of reannihilation

From re- + annihilation.

Questions about reannihilation

What does reannihilation mean?
Reannihilation means a second or subsequent annihilation.
What part of speech is reannihilation?
Reannihilation is a noun.

Words near reannihilation in the dictionary

  1. reannexation
  2. reannexations
  3. reannexed
  4. reannexes
  5. reannexing
  6. reannihilation
  7. reannotate
  8. reannotated
  9. reannotates
  10. reannotating
  11. reannotation

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