COMBINING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combining mean? 

• COMBINING (noun)
  The noun COMBINING has 2 senses:

1. an occurrence that results in things being united

2. the act of combining things to form a new whole

  Familiarity information: COMBINING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMBINING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An occurrence that results in things being united

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

combine; combining

Hypernyms ("combining" is a kind of...):

union (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combining"):

recombination ((genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents)

recombination ((physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles)

consolidation (combining into a solid mass)

mix; mixture (an event that combines things in a mixture)

conglobation; conglomeration (an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass)

Derivation:

combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)

combine (have or possess in combination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of combining things to form a new whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

combination; combining; compounding

Hypernyms ("combining" is a kind of...):

change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combining"):

affixation; attachment (the act of attaching or affixing something)

confusion (an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended)

admixture; commixture; intermixture; mix; mixing; mixture (the act of mixing together)

fusion (the act of fusing (or melting) together)

blend; blending (the act of blending components together thoroughly)

interspersal; interspersion (the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things)

temperance (the act of tempering)

conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)

consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)

Derivation:

combine (put or add together)

combine (mix together different elements)

combine (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

combine (add together from different sources)

 Context examples 

A synthetic vaccine combining the peptide antigens of two proteins, ras oncoprotein and tumor suppressor p53.

(Berzofsky Ras/P53 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Alefacept is made by combining part of an antibody with a protein that blocks the growth some types of T cells.

(Alefacept, NCI Dictionary)

Brentuximab vedotin is made by combining a monoclonal antibody with an anticancer drug.

(Brentuximab vedotin, NCI Dictionary)

A ring compound that increases the risk of human cancer and is a N-nitroso derivative of secondary amines (R2N-NO), formed by combining nitrates with amines.

(Carcinogenic Cyclic Nitrosamine, NCI Thesaurus)

It is made by combining the monoclonal antibody CC49 with a chemical called streptavidin.

(CC49-streptavidin, NCI Dictionary)

An acid is a chemical that gives off hydrogen ions in water and forms salts by combining with certain metals.

(Acidity, NCI Dictionary)

An acid is a substance that gives off hydrogen ions in water and forms salts by combining with certain metals.

(Acidification, NCI Dictionary)

Recently, a group of astronomers did just that by combining data from two space observatories to reveal something surprising: a dwarf planet named 2007 OR10 is significantly larger than previously thought.

(2007 OR10: Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System, NASA)

By combining the Hubble and Spitzer data, the team calculated the lookback time to the galaxy of 13.3 billion years.

(NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy, NASA)

By combining these cells’ signals, the brain can distinguish thousands of different colors.

(New color vision pathway unveiled, NIH)