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Definition of rejuvenescence in English: rejuvenescencenoun rɪˌdʒuːvəˈnɛsənsrəˌdʒuvəˈnɛsəns mass noun1The renewal of youth or vitality. Example sentencesExamples - Senescence leads to reproduction and the process of rejuvenescence in each asexual cycle carries the organism back to the same stage of youth.
- Two categories of potential advantages of sex - variation and rejuvenescence - were hotly debated in the nineteenth century and today.
- By continuous living tradition and a vital power of rejuvenescence, this land has readjusted itself through unnumbered transformations.
Synonyms renewal, revival, recovery, rally, upturn, comeback, reinvigoration, reawakening, resurrection, reappearance, re-emergence, rejuvenation, regeneration, new birth, rebirth, renaissance, new dawn, new beginning - 1.1Biology The reactivation of vegetative cells, resulting in regrowth from old or injured parts.
Example sentencesExamples - In a particular corallum, the diameter of the aulos responded quickly to an event that caused redirection or rejuvenescence of growth, which can be observed in longitudinal sections.
- Variations of those characters are partly due to stressed environments, such as unstable, muddy substrates resulting in corallite rejuvenescence and redirection.
- Although corallites are basically ceratoid in shape, the majority have irregular shapes, which were probably produced by a combination of redirected growth and rejuvenescence many times during life.
Origin Mid 17th century: from late Latin rejuvenescere (from Latin re- 'again' + juvenis 'young') + -ence. Definition of rejuvenescence in US English: rejuvenescencenounrəˌjo͞ovəˈnesənsrəˌdʒuvəˈnɛsəns 1The renewal of youth or vitality. Example sentencesExamples - Two categories of potential advantages of sex - variation and rejuvenescence - were hotly debated in the nineteenth century and today.
- By continuous living tradition and a vital power of rejuvenescence, this land has readjusted itself through unnumbered transformations.
- Senescence leads to reproduction and the process of rejuvenescence in each asexual cycle carries the organism back to the same stage of youth.
Synonyms renewal, revival, recovery, rally, upturn, comeback, reinvigoration, reawakening, resurrection, reappearance, re-emergence, rejuvenation, regeneration, new birth, rebirth, renaissance, new dawn, new beginning - 1.1Biology The reactivation of vegetative cells, resulting in regrowth from old or injured parts.
Example sentencesExamples - In a particular corallum, the diameter of the aulos responded quickly to an event that caused redirection or rejuvenescence of growth, which can be observed in longitudinal sections.
- Although corallites are basically ceratoid in shape, the majority have irregular shapes, which were probably produced by a combination of redirected growth and rejuvenescence many times during life.
- Variations of those characters are partly due to stressed environments, such as unstable, muddy substrates resulting in corallite rejuvenescence and redirection.
Origin Mid 17th century: from late Latin rejuvenescere (from Latin re- ‘again’ + juvenis ‘young’) + -ence. |