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regeneration

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
the act of improving a place or system, especially by making it more active or successful:

Examples:

The council is committed to a programme of urban regeneration.
2
the act of something growing or being grown again:

Examples:

The treatment promotes regeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord.
Natural forest regeneration on deforested land exerts a controlling influence on carbon dioxide emissions.

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