reidentificationn.
/ˌriːʌɪˌdɛntᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌriaɪˌdɛn(t)əfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of identifying something again or for a further time; new, renewed, or reaffirmed identification; (also) an instance of this.
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1880 Harper's Mag. Aug. 479/2 The descriptions of the scenes of Paul's voyages, travels, and labors, and the re-identification of the places visited and routes followed by him.
1882 H. Spencer Polit. Inst. in Princ. Sociol. III. 564 Where..military headship becomes in a measure separated from political headship, continued warfare is apt to cause a re-identification of them.
1884 Manch. Examiner 29 Feb. 4/6 The re-identification of imported yarns woven into tissues would be impossible.
1921 Logansport (Indiana) Morning Press 28 Oct. 2/4 The re-identification was made by Mrs. Anna Bailey of Brooklyn,..who was accompanied to the morgue by Mrs. Helen Otto.
1968 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 37 77 Identification and re-identification are helped by some of the owls having consistently aberrant hoots.
2004 G. Fletcher Resid. Constr. Acad.: House Wiring ix. 245 The normal method of reidentification is to use black-colored tape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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