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re-entry

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of entering again.
  2. The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
  3. The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
  4. 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. (of a ukulele) A break in the pitch order of strings.
  6. The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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