re-entry

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.
2. (countable, uncountable) The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
3. (countable, uncountable) The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
6. (countable, uncountable) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
7. (countable, uncountable) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
8. (countable, uncountable) A re-entry card.
9. (countable, uncountable) A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.

Synonyms

reentry

readmittance

Translations

rientro

επάνοδος

επανεγγραφή

rentrée

neue Eingabe

reentrada

reingreso

Etymology

From re- + entry.