re-entry
noun
Meaning
- The act of entering again.
- 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.
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