English Explanatory Dictionary

reionization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of reionizing.
  2. The process by which the plasma of electrons and protons is produced after the Big Bang, when stars and galaxies ionized neutral hydrogen, or the era in which this occurs.
name
  1. The epoch of reionization of the Universe, where matter decoupled from energy, and space became transparent to radiation. One of the Ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when ultraviolet radiation of the first (Population III) stars and quasars ionized neutral hydrogen, ending the Cosmic Dark Age(s).

Word forms

reionization reionizations

Etymology

From re- + ionization.

Synonyms

Age of Reionization Epoch of Reionization Era of Reionization Reionization Age Reionization Epoch Reionization Era

Derived words

Reionization
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