reconstruction

/ˌrikənˈstrʌkʃən/
noun
  1. The process of building something again after it has been damaged or destroyed.
    • The reconstruction of the bridge took two years.
    • The museum funded the reconstruction of the ancient ship.
    • After the hurricane, the city began the reconstruction of homes.
  2. The process of recreating an event or situation from available information.
    • The police did a reconstruction of the accident to determine the cause.
    • The computer simulation is a reconstruction of how the volcano erupted.
    • Historians rely on reconstruction of past events from letters and diaries.
  3. A thing that has been rebuilt or recreated.
    • The model is a reconstruction of the city as it looked in 1800.
    • This painting is a reconstruction of the original that was lost in a fire.
    • The dinosaur skeleton on display is a reconstruction from fossils.
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