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Definition of Reconstruction

1. Noun. The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877.

2. Noun. The activity of constructing something again.

3. Noun. An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence.

4. Noun. Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall.

Definition of Reconstruction

1. n. The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

Definition of Reconstruction

1. Proper noun. A period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the ex-Confederate leaders, and the Freedmen (ex-slaves) after the American Civil War. ¹

2. Noun. A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state. ¹

3. Noun. The act of restoring something to an earlier state. ¹

4. Noun. An attempt to understand in detail how certain events took place or happened. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reconstruction

1. construction [n -S] - See also: construction

Medical Definition of Reconstruction

1. The computerised synthesis of one or more two-dimensional images from a series of X-ray projections in computed tomography, or from a large number of measurements in magnetic resonance imaging; several methods are used; the earliest was back-projection, most common is 2D Fourier transformation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reconstruction

reconstitution reconstitutions reconstrict reconstricted reconstricting reconstriction reconstrictions reconstricts reconstruct reconstructable

reconstructed reconstructed language reconstructed languages reconstructible reconstructing reconstruction reconstructions reconstructive reconstructive mammaplasty reconstructive memory

reconstructive psychotherapy reconstructive surgery reconstructive surgical procedures reconstructivism reconstructivist reconstructivists reconstructor reconstructors reconstructs reconsult

Literary usage of Reconstruction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"So Atlan Q 16:324-38 О '17 Reconstruction and education in Virginia. ... Int J Ethics 28:393-405 Ap '18 Reconstruction problems and the duty of science. ..."

2. Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington (1902)
"During the whole of the Reconstruction period two ideas were constantly agitating the minds of the coloured people, or, at least, the minds of a large part ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Period' (New York 1913); Scott, EG, 'Reconstruction during the Civil War> (Boston 1895) ; Thompson, CM, 'Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, ..."

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