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re⋅con

[ri-kon] noun, verb, -conned, -con⋅ning. Informal.
–noun
1. reconnaissance.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. reconnoiter.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; by shortening
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re·con 1   (rē'kŏn')   
n.  The smallest genetic unit capable of recombination.

[rec(ombination) + -on1.]
re·con 2   (rē'kŏn')   
n.   Informal
Reconnaissance.
re'con' adj.
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recon re·con (rē'kŏn')
n.
The smallest genetic unit capable of recombination.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
recon
reconnaissance
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