reconnection

English

Alternative forms

• reconnexion (dated)

Etymology

From re- +‎ connection.

Noun

reconnection (plural reconnections)

1. A connection of things that have been previously severed.
   • 2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 40:

     I see freight returning in a big way. The 2016 reconnection of the Helwith Bridge quarries can produce up to three heavy trains a day. The nearby and much bigger Horton quarry is also on the cusp of rail reconnection.

Translations

connection of that which has been severed

• French: reconnexion (fr) f
• Italian: riconnessione f, ricongiungimento (it) m