Definition of Reentry

1. Noun. The act of entering again.

Generic synonyms: Return
Derivative terms: Re-enter

Definition of Reentry

1. Noun. The act of reentering. ¹

2. Noun. The return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere. ¹

3. Noun. (physiology) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse ¹

4. Noun. A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone, especially land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease. ¹

5. Noun. The act of entering again. ¹

6. Noun. An instance of reëntering. ¹

7. Noun. (context: space exploration) The act or process of reëntering the atmosphere on a spacecraft’s return to Earth after an expedition to outer space. ¹

8. Noun. (legal) The reëstablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance. ¹

9. Noun. (context: in bridge and Whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick. ¹

10. Noun. (context: in bridge and Whist) A reëntry card. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reentry

1. a new or second entry [n -TRIES]

Medical Definition of Reentry

1. Return of the same impulse into a zone of heart muscle that it has recently activated; sufficiently delayed that the zone is no longer refractory, as seen in most ectopic beats, reciprocal rhythms, and most tachycardias. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reentry

reenthrones
reenthroning
reentrance
reentrances
reentrancies
reentrancy
reentrant
reentrant angle
reentrant polygon
reentrants
reentre
reentred
reentres
reentries
reentring
reentry (current term)
reentry theory
reenverse
reenvision
reenvisioned
reenvisioning
reenvisionings
reenvisions
reequip
reequipment
reequipments
reequipped
reequipping
reequips
reerect

Literary usage of Reentry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Civil Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1872)
"reentry, when and how to be made. 792. Summary proceedings in certain cases ... Whenever the right of reentry is given to a reentry, grantor or lessor m any ..."

2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"No more than two inactive duty training periods may be performed in one day. multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle—(DOD) A reentry vehicle ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson (1860)
"A reentry at common law does not defeat the title in equity. ... It is, however, sufficient for the defendant, if a reentry in either way can be presumed, ..."

4. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"... or dismissed to reentry. from service for any disgraceful cause, must be permitted to again enter any company of the National Guard, except the offense ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Building and Buildings: Especially Referring to by Augustus Parlett Lloyd (1888)
"... for fifteen days after any of the days on which the same reentry.' ought to have been paid (although no formal demand shall have been made thereof), ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Real Property as Applied Between Vendor and by Leonard Augustus Jones (1896)
"reentry for Forfeiture. 708. The title to land conveyed upon a condition subsequent vests in the grantee, and his failure to perform the condition does not ..."

7. The Massachusetts Law of Landlord and Tenant: Including the Cases in Vol by Prescott Farnsworth Hall (1922)
"Condition as to forfeiture and reentry. Provided always, and these presents are upon this condition, that in case of a breach of any of the covenants to be ..."

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