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
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
