any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
2. physics
the union of free electrons and holes in a semiconductor or of free ions and electrons in a plasma
recombination in American English
(riˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən)
noun
1.
a combining again
2. Genetics
the appearance in offspring of new combinations of allelic genes not present in either parent, produced from the mixing of genetic material, as by crossing-over