reentrant, re-entrant
(adjective) (of angles) pointing inward; “a polygon with re-entrant angles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reentrant (not comparable)
Reentering; pointing inward.
(programming, of a mutual exclusion mechanism) Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
(programming) That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.
(transport, of a part of a rocket) Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.
(physiology) Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart)
(music, of a ukulele or similar instrument) Having the strings not ordered according to pitch (having a re-entry)
reentrant (plural reentrants)
An angle or part that reenters itself.
One who enters (the labour market, etc.) again.
(geography) A valley between a pair of parallel ridges
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ën"trant (-trant), a.
Definition: Reëntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re angle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
