reentrant

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Synonyms: re-entrant, re entrant, repentant, entrant, regenerant, reentrance, reentrancy

Antonyms: re-entrant, re entrant, repentant, entrant, regenerant, reentrance, reentrancy

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|fortification|now|historical}} Designating a [[structure]] at an angle pointing inward towards the centre of the [[fortification]]; opposed to {{m|en|salient}}. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
2. Pertaining to an [[angle]] pointing inwards, or to a line forming part of such an angle. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|geography}} Pertaining to a type of [[angular]] [[valley]] cutting deep into the side of a hill or mountain. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|medicine}} Pertaining to a type of cardiac [[arrhythmia]] in which an impulse re-excites an area that has already been stimulated. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|music}} Designating a way of tuning the strings of certain stringed [[instrument]]s, such that they follow a pattern of rising and falling intervals, rather than having successively higher pitches. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|programming}} That may be [[execute]]d more than once at a time either by different [[thread]]s, or because of [[recursion]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|aeronautics|of a part of a [[rocket]]}} Designed to return to the [[Earth]]'s [[atmosphere]].
8. {{lb|en|programming|of a [[mutex]]}} Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.

Noun

1. An angle or part that reenters itself.
2. One who enters (the labour market, etc.) again.
3. {{lb|en|geography}} A [[valley]] between a pair of parallel [[ridge]]s.

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