Regeneration
Encyclopedia
In biology
- Regeneration (biology)Regeneration (biology)In biology, regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and growth that makes genomes, cells, organs, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage. Every species is capable of regeneration, from bacteria to humans. At its most...
, the ability to recreate lost or damaged tissues, organs and limbs - Bush regenerationBush regenerationBush regeneration, a form of natural area restoration is the term used in Australia for the ecological restoration of remnant vegetation areas, such as through the minimisation of negative disturbances, both exogenous such as exotic weeds and endogenous such as erosion...
, an ecological technique practiced in Australia
In music
- Regeneration (Roy Orbison album), a 1977 album by Roy Orbison
- Regeneration (Divine Comedy album)Regeneration (Divine Comedy album)Regeneration is the seventh studio album by The Divine Comedy - and their first for Parlophone/EMI - released on March 12, 2001. Three singles were released from the album: "Love What You Do", "Bad Ambassador" and "Perfect Lovesong", the latter failing to make top 40.Produced by Nigel Godrich,...
, a 2001 album by Irish pop band The Divine Comedy - Regeneration (Superchick album)Regeneration (Superchick album)Regeneration is Christian rock band Superchick's third album and their first remix album. It was released on October 21, 2003. "Me Against the World", featured on the soundtrack for Legally Blonde 2, is the only non-remix song on the record...
, a 2003 remix CD by Christian band Superchic[k]
In science and technology
- Regenerative amplificationRegenerative amplificationIn laser science, regenerative amplification is a process used to generate short but strong pulses of laser light.- See also :*Chirped pulse amplification*Optical amplifier*Gain-switching*Modelocking*Q-switching- External links :*...
, a process used to generate short but strong pulses of laser light - Regenerative brakeRegenerative brakeA regenerative brake is an energy recovery mechanism which slows a vehicle or object down by converting its kinetic energy into another form, which can be either used immediately or stored until needed...
, an apparatus or system which allows a vehicle to recapture energy normally lost to heat when braking - Regeneration buffer (or regen buffer for short), a kind of video memory buffer in computer video hardware
- Regenerative capacitor memoryRegenerative capacitor memoryRegenerative capacitor memory is a type of computer memory that uses the electrical property of capacitance to store the bits of data. Because the stored charge slowly leaks away, these memories must be periodically regenerated Regenerative capacitor memory is a type of computer memory that uses...
, a type of computer memory that uses the electrical property of capacitance to store the bits of data - Regenerative circuitRegenerative circuitThe regenerative circuit or "autodyne" allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times by the same vacuum tube or other active component such as a field effect transistor. It consists of an amplifying vacuum tube or transistor with its output connected to its input through a feedback...
, a circuit in electronics that allows a signal to be amplified many times - Regenerative cooling (rocket), a process in rocket engines
- Regenerative (design), a process for sustainable development
- Hydrochloric acid regenerationHydrochloric acid regenerationHydrochloric acid regeneration or HCl regeneration refers to a chemical process for the reclamation of bound and unbound HCl from metal chloride solutions such as hydrochloric acid.-Field of application:...
, a chemical process for the reclamation of HCl from metal chloride solutions as hydrochloric acid - Regenerative medicineRegenerative medicineRegenerative medicine is the "process of replacing or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs to restore orestablish normal function". This field holds the promise of regenerating damaged tissues and organs in the body by replacing damaged tissue and/or by stimulating the body's own repair...
, Clinical therapy to replace or regenerate human cells, tissue or organs, to restore or establish normal function - Regenerative processRegenerative processIn applied probability, a regenerative process is a special type of stochastic process that is defined by having a property whereby certain portions of the process can be treated as being statistically independent of each other...
, a class of stochastic processes in applied probability
In Christian theology
- Regeneration (theology)Regeneration (theology)Regeneration, while sometimes perceived to be a step in the Ordo salutis , is generally understood in Christian theology to be the objective work of God in a believer's life. Spiritually, it means that God brings Christians to new life from a previous state of subjection to the decay of death...
, the doctrine of being born again - Presumptive regenerationPresumptive regenerationPresumptive regeneration is the idea often associated with Abraham Kuyper that parents should baptize their children based on a presumption of the child's being regenerate....
, the idea that the children of Christians will be born again because God cares for and chooses families as well as individuals
In literature
- Regeneration (novel)Regeneration (novel)For the 1997 film adaptation of the novel see Regeneration .Regeneration is a prize-winning novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1991. The novel was a Booker Prize nominee and was described by the New York Times Book Review as one of the four best novels of the year in its year of publication...
, a prize-winning novel by Pat Barker - Regeneration, a book on biological regeneration by Thomas Hunt MorganThomas Hunt MorganThomas Hunt Morgan was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and embryologist and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries relating the role the chromosome plays in heredity.Morgan received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in zoology...
In film
- Regeneration (1915 film), a 1915 film starring John McCann
- Regeneration (1997 film)Regeneration (1997 film)Regeneration is a 1997 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Pat Barker. The film is directed by Gillies MacKinnon. It was released as Behind the Lines in the USA in 1998.-Plot:...
, a 1997 film adapted from the Pat Barker novel (released as Behind the Lines in the USA) - ReGeneration (2010 film)ReGeneration (2010 film)ReGeneration is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Phillip Montgomery that looks at the issues facing today's youth and young adults, and the influences that contribute to America's current culture of apathy toward to political and social causes.-Background:ReGeneration was a...
, a 2010 documentary film
In popular culture
- "Re-generation" (The Outer Limits), an episode of The Outer Limits television show (season 3, 1997)
- Regeneration (Doctor Who)Regeneration (Doctor Who)Regeneration, in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a biological ability exhibited by Time Lords, a race of fictional humanoids originating on the planet Gallifrey. This process allows a Time Lord who is old or mortally wounded to undergo a transformation into a new...
, a biological ability exhibited by the Time Lords in the fictional context of Doctor Who - "Regeneration (Star Trek: Enterprise)", an episode of the television show
- Evil Dead: RegenerationEvil Dead: RegenerationEvil Dead: Regeneration is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles and PC. It is based on the movie trilogy The Evil Dead and puts the character in similar environment, but with new weapons and traditions...
, a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles
Other
- Urban regeneration, another term for urban renewal
- Regeneration (Portugal)Regeneration (Portugal)In the history of Portugal, the Regeneration is the name given to the period of the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy following the military insurrection of 1 May 1851 that caused to the fall of Costa Cabral and of the Septembrist government...
, a period in the history of Portugal