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recon.

reconnaissance.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈkɒn/UK/ˈɹiːkɒn/UK/ˈɹikɑn/US/ɹɪˈkɑn/US
  1. reconnaissance.

    US · countable · slang · uncountable
  2. A hairstyle in which the sides of the head are shaven and the crest is cropped close.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Contracted form of reconnaissance.

verb/ɹɪˈkɒn/UK/ˈɹiːkɒn/UK/ˈɹikɑn/US/ɹɪˈkɑn/US
  1. reconnoiter.

    US · slang
Where this word comes from

Contracted form of reconnaissance.

noun/ɹɪˈkɒn/UK/ˈɹiːkɒn/UK/ˈɹikɑn/US/ɹɪˈkɑn/US
  1. The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

Where this word comes from

Contracted form of recombination + -on, coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957 as " […] the smallest element in the one-dimensional array that is interchangeable (but not divisible) by genetic recombination."

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