recombinator

Noun

recombinator (plural recombinators)

1. Anything that serves to recombine a set of elements.
   • After the ion source, the facility uses a Pretzel magnet (Knies et al., 1997a) to act as a unique recombinator to simultaneously transmit from 1 to 200 amu ions but attenuate intense matrix-related beams.2003, Elton N. Kaufmann, Characterization of materials - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 1246
   • This brief chapter serves as a summarizing recombinator, a necessary pull to the knot, in order to secure the package in one coherent and complete whole.2011, Raegan Murphy, Dynamic Assessment, Intelligence and Measurement, →ISBN, page 236
2. Any of various devices or components that serve to recombine inputs.
   • Apparatus for electrostatic precipitation of coating material upon an article, comprising a spray producing atomizer, a rotatable recombinator means disposed coaxially with the atomizer in the region of spray of the atomizer, and spaced impact members carried by said recombinator means, said...1965, Canada. Patent Office, Canadian Patent Office Record - Volume 93, page 8195
   • It can also be achieved by providing an individual recombinator for each cell in the cell vent plug [11-13].1977, Karl Kordesch, Batteries, page 451
3. (genetic biology) A sequence of nucleotides that act as a signal for the recombination of amino acids.
   • If the receptor can be equated with the recombinator, this would imply that more than one type of recombinator may exist and therefore more than one type of breaking enzyme.1968, William James Peacock, Richard Donald Brock, Replication and Recombination of Genetic Material, page 171
   • It is still possible that recombinator sequences could also be part of structural genes, but the number of intragenic recombination sites in the bacteriophage and bacteria makes this improbable in these organisms.1971, David M. Prescott, Lester Goldstein, Edwin H. McConkey, Advances in Cell Biology - Volume 2, page 197