(chiefly US, military slang) reconnaissance.

(chiefly US, military slang) reconnoiter.

(genetics) The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

plural of recon

present participle of recon

simple past tense and past participle of recon

(transitive, intransitive) To consider a matter again. / (informal) To change one's mind, with or without actually considering the matter again

Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound. / Little known; esoteric, secret. / (of scholars) Having mastery over one's field, including its esoteric minutiae; learned.

(rare) A recondite (hidden or obscure) person or thing. / (rare) A scholar or other person who is recondite, that is, who has mastery over his or her field, including its esoteric minutiae.

(transitive, obsolete, rare) To conceal, cover up, hide.