"reprocess" meaning in All languages combined

See reprocess on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹiːˈpɹəʊsɛs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹiˈpɹɑsɛs/ [General-American, dialectal] (note: of Canada), /-əs/ [General-American, dialectal] (note: of Canada) Forms: reprocesses [present, singular, third-person], reprocessing [participle, present], reprocessed [participle, past], reprocessed [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English process English reprocess From re- + process. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|re-|process|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English process English reprocess [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "again", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*wre-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "re-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "re-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "re-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "re-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "process", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "reprocess", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="reprocess"> From re- + process. Head templates: {{en-verb}} reprocess (third-person singular simple present reprocesses, present participle reprocessing, simple past and past participle reprocessed)
  1. To process again.
    Sense id: en-reprocess-en-verb-fK3khZ1I
  2. To process again.
    (engineering) To extract the fissile material (mainly uranium and plutonium) remaining in spent nuclear reactor fuel, allowing it to be recycled into fresh nuclear fuel or (for plutonium and/or uranium-233 from some specialized breeder reactors) used to build nuclear weapons; may also extend to recovering nonfissile but fertile elements remaining in spent reactor fuel (such as thorium), or precious metals produced as fission products.
    Sense id: en-reprocess-en-verb-8ChYzP3z Categories (other): Engineering, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 86 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reprocessable, reprocessor

Inflected forms

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