reionization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or process of reionizing.
noun
The process by which the plasma of electrons and protons is produced after the Big Bang, when stars and galaxies ionized neutral hydrogen, or the era in which this occurs.
name
The epoch of reionization of the Universe, where matter decoupled from energy, and space became transparent to radiation. One of the Ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when ultraviolet radiation of the first (Population III) stars and quasars ionized neutral hydrogen, ending the Cosmic Dark Age(s).
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ionize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English ionization English reionization From re- + ionization.
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Frequently Paired Words
recombination
Big Bang
Black Hole Age
Black Hole Era
Black Hole Epoch
Cosmic Dark Ages
Cosmic Dark Age
Heat Death of the Universe
Synonyms
Age of Reionization
Epoch of Reionization
Era of Reionization
Reionization Age
Reionization Epoch
Reionization Era