reionization

See also: Reionization

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ ionization.

Noun

reionization (plural reionizations)

1. The act or process of reionizing.
2. (astrophysics) 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.

Coordinate terms

• recombination

 

Derived terms

• Reionization