recomposition

re- +‎ composition

recomposition (countable and uncountable, plural recompositions)

1. Composition again or anew; the process or result of recomposing
   • 1881 — Ernestine Rose, A Defence of Atheism, J.P. Mendum, page 15

     The Universe is one vast chemical laboratory, in constant operation, by her internal forces. The laws or principles of attraction, cohesion, and repulsion, produce in never-ending succession the phenomena of composition, decomposition, and recomposition.

From re- +‎ composition.

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zi.sjɔ̃/

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recomposition f (plural recompositions)

1. recomposition
2. (linguistics) process by which a compound word which has undergone phonetic changes is reformed anew from its constituents; the result of that process

• “recomposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.