English

Alternative forms

• reentry
• reëntry (rare)

Noun

re-entry ‎(countable and uncountable, plural re-entries)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.

   a re-entry into public life

2. The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
3. (law) The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
4. (law) 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.
5. (music, of a ukulele) A break in the pitch order of strings.
6. (physiology) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
7. (card games, bridge and whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
8. (card games, bridge and whist) A re-entry card.

Related terms

• reentrant

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