REENTRANT

reentrant, re-entrant

(adjective) (of angles) pointing inward; “a polygon with re-entrant angles”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

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)

Noun

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

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Re*ën"trant (-trant), a.

Definition: Reëntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re angle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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