reentry
reentry is the alternative form of re-entry.
Meaning of re-entry
Noun
re-entry (countable and uncountable, plural re-entries)
- The act of entering again.
- a re-entry into public life
- The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
- The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
- Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
- The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
Forms of reentry
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Words formed from reentry
Phrases with reentry
Questions about reentry
- What is reentry the alternative form of?
- Reentry is the alternative form of re-entry.
Words near reentry in the dictionary
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