Regeneration
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Regeneration or regenerative may refer to:
In biology:
- Bush regeneration, an ecological technique practiced in Australia
- Regeneration (biology), the ability to recreate lost or damaged tissues, organs and limbs
In literature:
- Regeneration (novel), a prize-winning novel by Pat Barker
- Regeneration, a book on biological regeneration by Thomas Hunt Morgan
In film:
- Regeneration (film), a 1915 film staring John McCann
- Regeneration (1997 film), a 1997 film adapted from the Pat barker novel (released as Behind the Lines in the USA)
In music:
- Regeneration (album), a 1977 album by Roy Orbison
- Regeneration (Divine Comedy album), a 2001 album by Irish pop band The Divine Comedy
- Regeneration (Superchick album), a 2003 remix CD by Christian band Superchic[k]
In science and technology:
- Regenerative amplification, a process used to generate short but strong pulses of laser light
- Regenerative brake, an apparatus or system which allows a vehicle to recapture energy normally lost to heat when braking
- Regenerative capacitor memory, a type of computer memory that uses the electrical property of capacitance to store the bits of data
- Regenerative circuit, a circuit in electronics that allows a signal to be amplified many times
- Regenerative cooling, a process in rocket engines
- Regenerative Design, a process for sustainable development
- Hydrochloric acid regeneration, a chemical process for the reclamation of HCl from metal chloride solutions as hydrochloric acid
In Christian theology:
- Regeneration (theology), the doctrine of being born again
- Presumptive regeneration, the idea that the children of Christians will be born again because God cares for and chooses families as well as individuals
In popular culture:
- Regeneration (Doctor Who), a biological ability exhibited by the Time Lords in the fictional context of Doctor Who
- Evil Dead: Regeneration, a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles
- "Regeneration" (Enterprise episode), an episode of the television show Star Trek: Enterprise
In other fields:
- Urban regeneration, another term for urban renewal
- Regeneration (Portugal), a period in the history of Portugal