REENTERING

Verb

reentering

present participle of reenter

Source: Wiktionary


Re*ën"ter*ing, n. (Calico Printing.)

Definition: The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.

REENTER

Re*ën"ter (r*n"tr), v. t.

1. To enter again.

2. (Engraving)

Definition: To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.

Re*ën"ter, v. i.

Definition: To enter anew or again. Reëntering angle, an angle of a polygon pointing inward, as a, in the cut.

– ReĂ«ntering polygon, a polygon having one or more reĂ«ntering angles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

14 May 2025

TERNARY

(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”


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