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/rˌikənstrˈəkʃən/ Listen

noun

Reconstruction n.

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

(U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... applications of spectrum analysis; its attempts to bring chemistry under the three laws of Avogadro, of Boyle and Mariotte, and of Charles; its artificial production of organic substances from inorganic material, of which the philosophical consequences are of the utmost importance; its reconstruction of physiology by laying the foundation of that science on chemistry; its improvements and advances in topographical surveying and in the correct representation of the surface of the globe. I have said nothing about rifled-guns ...

— History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science • John William Draper

... Munster House as a residence, after having externally decorated it with various Cockney embattlements of brick, and collected there many curious works of art, possibly with a view of reconstruction. In the garden were two marble busts, one of which is figured on previous page. The other a female head, not unlike that of ...

— A Walk from London to Fulham • Thomas Crofton Croker

... what the Evening Post says of your New-Year's article on Reconstruction?" said Jennie, as we were all sitting in the library ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 • Various

... would speak to Congress at one, and that he would have no objection if the Departments closed to give opportunity for rejoicings. I went to a meeting of the Council of National Defence and spoke, welcoming the members. It was a meeting called by Baruch to plan reconstruction—but the President had notified him on Saturday that he could not talk or have talking on that subject. So all I could do was to give a word of greeting to men who are bound to be disappointed ...

— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane

... the window in some dudgeon. After considerable focussing, I managed to locate the environs of my collar in a dusty pane. While the work of reconstruction was proceeding: ...

— The Brother of Daphne • Dornford Yates

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