reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˌ)rē-ˈen-trē 

1

: a retaking possession

especially : entry by a lessor on leased premises on the tenant's failure to perform the conditions of the lease

2

: a second or new entry

3

: a playing card that will enable a player to regain the lead

4

: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space

Examples of reentry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This decision underscores the measured approach being taken towards her reentry into public life. —Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2024

None of the parts will be able to be examined, as the section holding the thrusters was tossed just before reentry. —Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024

He was caught, deported and punished with a lifetime reentry ban. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024

Costs Proposition 47 has helped the state save nearly $100 million a year on prison spending, and in turn, distributed the money to victim services and reentry programs. —Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē 

1

: a second or new entry

2

: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space

Medical Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē 

plural reentries

: a cardiac mechanism that is held to explain certain abnormal heart actions (as tachycardia) and that involves the transmission of a wave of depolarization along an alternate pathway when the original pathway is blocked with return of the impulse along the blocked pathway when the alternate pathway is refractory and then transmission along the open pathway resulting in an abnormality

Legal Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try ˌrē-ˈen-trē 

: a retaking possession of property by a lessor or grantor in exercise of the right to do so upon the failure of the lessee or grantee to fulfill a covenant or condition see also power of termination at power sense 2b