rearrangement

C1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/ UK /ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #89808

Meanings

1

noun
the act or result of arranging people or things again in a different order or pattern

A rearrangement of the laboratory benches created more working space.
2

noun
a structural change in a chromosome or molecule caused by parts being moved, inverted, deleted, or exchanged

The microscope image revealed a chromosome rearrangement after irradiation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act or result of... reorderingreorganization redistribution

2 noun · a structural change in a... structural alterationrecombination

Word family

Forms rearrangements

Derived forms rearrangementsmicrorearrangementphotorearrangement

Related forms rearrange arrangement chromosomerecombination

Etymology

From rearrange + -ment, or re- ("again, differently") + arrangement. Its scientific senses apply the ordinary idea of a changed order to atoms, molecules, chromosomes, and other structured systems.

Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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# rearrangement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 89808

## Meanings
1. the act or result of arranging people or things again in a different order or pattern
2. a structural change in a chromosome or molecule caused by parts being moved, inverted, deleted, or exchanged

## Examples
- A rearrangement of the laboratory benches created more working space.
- The microscope image revealed a chromosome rearrangement after irradiation.

## Synonyms
- reordering
- reorganization
- redistribution

## Derived Forms
- rearrangements
- microrearrangement
- photorearrangement

## Related Forms
- rearrange
- arrangement
- chromosome
- recombination

## Etymology
From rearrange + -ment, or re- ("again, differently") + arrangement. Its scientific senses apply the ordinary idea of a changed order to atoms, molecules, chromosomes, and other structured systems.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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