reconstruction
ree kuhn struhk shuhn
- n the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
- n the activity of constructing something again
- n an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
- n recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
- Doctors will not attempt reconstruction on women who have undergone excessive doses of radiotherapy after their initial operations: the X rays may scar too much tissue to permit .
- The prosecution's court-room reconstruction of how they believe the life of the popular British exchange student, known to her friends as "Mez", was brutally cut short.
- Yet Iraq has spent only a fraction of its own money on reconstruction.