reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˌ)rē-ˈen-trē How to pronounce reentry (audio)
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 But after reentry the team lost two key pieces of communication at the same time: Contact with Starlink, SpaceX’s internet service, and with TDRSS — or Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 The department agreed to pay the Amity Foundation roughly $121 million over five years to oversee and review reentry homes in Los Angeles County, including the HealthRight 360’s Walden House, located just east of downtown Los Angeles in El Monte. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024 Her last eight years in L.A. County have been a race to get more treatment beds, more housing and more reentry services for people returning from prison or juvenile hall or aging out of foster care without a place to live or sufficient work skills. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024 In spite of these challenges, Varda’s first-of-its-kind reentry mission was a success, landing back on the ground on February 21. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024 After Tenacity detaches from the ISS and begins its deorbit burn, the cargo module will detach from Tenacity and burn up on reentry, along with its contents. Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024 Will parts of the satellite survive reentry and crash to Earth? John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024 Some of these ICBMs carried large, multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, which could fire a cluster of warheads at more than one target. Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 As a result, its reentry, in large part, is dependent on activity from the sun. Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of reentry was in the 15th century

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“Reentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reentry. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

reentry

noun
re·​en·​try (ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē How to pronounce reentry (audio)
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 How to pronounce reentry (audio)
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 How to pronounce reentry (audio)
: 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

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