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reprocessing Meaning & Definition

What Does Reprocessing Mean?

Reprocessing is a verb that means present participle and gerund of reprocess. As a noun, it means A second or subsequent processing.

Reprocessing Definition (Verb)

  1. present participle and gerund of reprocess

Reprocessing as a Noun

  1. A second or subsequent processing.
  2. The process of extracting useful or valuable materials from used nuclear fuel, mainly focusing on the recovery of fissile and fertile material for use in fresh nuclear reactor fuel, or, in some cases, the manufacture of nuclear weapons.

Verb

  1. To process again.

Synonyms of Reprocessing

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Word Forms & Grammar

reprocessing

reprocessing (countable and uncountable, plural reprocessings)

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