Definition of recon
1. region [ n ] the extended spatial location of something
Examples:
"the farming regions of France"
"religions in all parts of the world"
"regions of outer space"
(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)
Notice should be taken_of unusual rock formations , deposits , or shapes of the earth 's crust in your region .
(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)
And when psychology explains glibly , `` but the subconscious_mind is able to produce it '' it refers to a mental region so vaguely identified that it may embrace the entire universal mind as conceivably as part of the individual mind .
(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
Also , we should not even to-day discount the fact that a region such_as the coastal lowlands centering_on Charleston had closer ties with England and the West_Indies than with the North even after independence .
(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)
It is kept in each Regional office for the small firms within the region .
For further information , contact the Bank_for_Cooperatives serving the region , or the Farm_Credit_Administration , Research_and_Information_Division , Washington 25 , D.C. .
Synonyms part region Related Terms location air side county top atmosphere distance inside outside hell bottom outer_space interplanetary_space sign_of_the_zodiac belt eden mare radius layer depth black_hole biosphere extremity rand Appleton_layer D-layer deep_space Heaviside_layer ionosphere zone aerospace intergalactic_space zodiac vacuum heliosphere interstellar_space2. region [ n ] a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
Examples:
"in the abdominal region"
(S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)
Second , the upper portion permits comparison of maturity levels of an equal number of growth centers from the long , short , and round_bones of the five regions .
The lower portion permits comparison of maturity levels of short and round_bones predominantly , since only two long_bones are included in Hand and Wrist as a region .
It may be assumed that differences in ratings due_to selection of growth centers from specific regions of the body will be small , according_to existing tables of onset age and completion age for centers throughout the body .
(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)
Frequently a_few isolated thick walled cells or , rarely , groups of such cells in the xylem region , were also specifically stained , but there was no such staining in epidermis , cortex , most xylem cells , ray cells , or pith .
The specific staining by both direct and indirect methods showed that WTV antigen was concentrated in the pseudophloem tissue and in a_few thick walled cells in the xylem region , but was not detectable in any other tissues of the root and stem tumors .
Synonyms area region Related Terms body_part side waist palm middle half-moon pubes groin quick cleavage areola thenar macula fovea cortical_area sole perineum hypochondrium epigastrium parafovea area_of_cardiac_dullness erogenous_zone3. region [ n ] a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
Examples:
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
(J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)
The cores of deep sea sediments and content of collectors in remote regions are valuable in this category .
Synonyms region Related Terms location area territory district field West domain unknown field Far_East North South geographical_area breadbasket zone_of_interior laboratory theater_of_war heartland biogeographical_region antipodes irredenta Old_World backwater4. region [ n ] the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
Examples:
"it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"
"the price is in the neighborhood of $100"
5. region [ n ] a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
Examples:
"it was a limited domain of discourse"
"here we enter the region of opinion"
"the realm of the occult"
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