recompletionn.
/ˌriːkəmˈpliːʃn/, U.S. /ˌrikəmˈpliʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of recompleting something; an instance of this.
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1863 J. D. Dana Text-bk. Geol. (1864) 32 By successive destructions and re-completions.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. ii. 359 Regiment Schenkendorf got, every year, for recompletion, what recruits were wanted.
1901 Amer. Naturalist 35 969 Pflüger's conception of the process of regeneration has many points of resemblance to the idea of the recompletion of a crystal.
1925 Oil City (Pa.) Derrick 20 Oct. 13/4 (heading) Barnsdall's recompletion at Rosecrans registers 1,370 barrels initial.
1965 Pub. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 80 476/2 The principle which is involved touches the nature of composition: the work in process, the work in completion, the work in re-completion.
1986 Common Oil Field Definitions & Abbrev. 20 Apr. in Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co. Lett. 5 Plug Back (PB)—Seal off the bottom section of a well bore to prevent the inflow of fluid from that part of the hole, and thus allow recompletion in higher zone.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 23 May The concert took the audience inside the 1993 recompletion of the Requiem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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