RECYCLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recycling mean? 

• RECYCLING (noun)
  The noun RECYCLING has 2 senses:

1. used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

2. the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

  Familiarity information: RECYCLING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECYCLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

Every Monday, we put our recycling out on the curb for pick-up

Hypernyms ("recycling" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("recycling" is a kind of...):

employment; exercise; usage; use; utilisation; utilization (the act of using)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recycling"):

bottle collection (collecting bottles for reuse)

Derivation:

recycle (use again after processing)

 Context examples 

PKC phosphorylated receptors are sorted for recycling to the cell surface, and directed away from the late endosome and proteasome.

(EGF Receptor Downregulation by CBL Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It is characterized by reduced or absent activity of the enzyme biotinidase which is responsible for the recycling of the vitamin biotin.

(Biotinidase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Reuptake not only terminates signaling, but can also conserve neurotransmitter through recycling back into the presynaptic cell.

(Attenuation of GPCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes amphiphysin protein, is involved in both clathrin-mediated synaptic vesicle recycling and clathrin-mediated endocytosis in nerve terminals.

(AMPH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

EGFR-HER2 complex increases the signaling capacity of EGFR by increasing the ligand affinity as well as the recycling of the heterodimer.

(ERBB2 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A secretory vesicle between 30 and 90 nm in diameter that can play a role in receptor recycling, plasma membrane protein shedding, and the secretion of proteins and RNA.

(Exosome, NCI Thesaurus)

This maturation of phagosomes involves regulated interaction with the other membrane organelles, including recycling endosomes, late endosomes and lysosomes.

(Phagocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Inhibition of serotonin recycling enhances serotonergic function through serotonin accumulation in the synaptic cleft, which resulting in long-term desensitization and downregulation of 5HT1 (serotonin) receptors and leading to symptomatic relief of depressive illness.

(Paroxetine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

GABA-A interacts with several proteins that modulate its clustering, endocytosis, and recycling or degradation.

(GABA Receptor Life Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Fluoxetine binds to the presynaptic serotonin receptor resulting in negative allosteric modulation of the receptor complex, thereby blocking recycling of serotonin by the presynaptic receptor.

(Fluoxetine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)