reionizev.
/ˌriːˈʌɪənʌɪz/, U.S. /riˈaɪəˌnaɪz/ Physics.
1. intransitive. To undergo reionization; to become ionized again.
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1908 Trans. Amer. Electrochem. Soc. 14 111 When the electrolysing current is discontinued, the discharge oxygen tends to reionize.
1939 U.S. Patent 2,145,079 2/2 After an interval the first tube reionizes thereby causing the second tube to deionize.
2006 New Astron. Rev. 50 985/1 Re-scattering of the CMB after the Universe re-ionizes causes modification of these spectra.
2. transitive. To cause to undergo reionization; to ionize again.
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1930 U.S. Patent 1,754,009 4/1 The particles have been ionized and re-ionized enough times that at least some..of the water begins to settle.
1961 Science 27 Oct. 1335/2 Two methods have been used to reionize the weakly bound electrons.
1998 G. Bothun Mod. Cosmol. Observ. & Probl. v. 218 If the Universe had been completely reionized by QSOs [sc. quasars], the observations indicate this occurred at z ≥ 5.
2007 New Scientist (Nexis) 19 May 44 A new generation of telescopes specifically designed to detect radio waves emitted by hydrogen gas in the early universe before it was reionised.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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