0 to join or be joined with something else again after becoming separated:
1 to improve a relationship that has become less good or less close:
2 to connect a piece of equipment with the power supply or a telephone service again after that connection has been broken:
You need to disconnect and reconnect the cables.
The telephone's cut off and there'll be a charge to reconnect.
3 to use a computer, mobile phone, etc. to connect to the internet again after the connection has been broken:
We reopened the applications and reconnected to the internet.
4 to connect again a person who is phoning someone to the person they want to speak to, after the connection has been broken:
5 to create a relationship with someone again after a period of time:
One day it could help to restore vision, reconnect nerves or control an artificial limb.
This points up two distinct research projects, attempting to reconnect theory and data.
The organic ' layer' : the methane from the surface disintegrates in the atmosphere and the ions and radicals can reconnect forming long chain hydrocarbons.
The recovery of bones can reconnect us with the past.
The extent of improvement in the patient's condition depends upon the ultimate number of nerve fibres that reconnect distal to the neuroma.
At one point he tries to reconnect with his old chums, but they snub him.
As they become more isolated, poor or old people lose access to information and the capacity to mobilize resources that might help them reconnect.
However, in mobile settings, where processes or agents can disconnect and reconnect at any time, this introduces peculiar problems related to the accesses to the tree.
