reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˌ)rē-ˈen-trē 

1

: a retaking possession

especially : entry by a lessor on leased premises on the tenant's failure to perform the conditions of the lease

2

: a second or new entry

3

: a playing card that will enable a player to regain the lead

4

: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space

Examples of reentry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Assuming four interceptors are available for targeting each warhead, also referred to as the reentry vehicle, North Korea could saturate the entire GMD system with just 16 warheads. —Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025

The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship and are expected to burn up on reentry. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025

While 435 Nicaraguans have been officially stripped of their nationality, thousands more are effectively stateless as the regime revokes passports and denies reentry to exiles, including those who have legally settled abroad under humanitarian parole. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025

But something went wrong, and the burn failed to put the rocket on a trajectory toward reentry. —Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reentry

• wintry

Kids Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē 

1

: a second or new entry

2

: the action of reentering the earth's atmosphere after travel in space

Medical Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try (ˈ)rē-ˈen-trē 

plural reentries

: a cardiac mechanism that is held to explain certain abnormal heart actions (as tachycardia) and that involves the transmission of a wave of depolarization along an alternate pathway when the original pathway is blocked with return of the impulse along the blocked pathway when the alternate pathway is refractory and then transmission along the open pathway resulting in an abnormality

Legal Definition

reentry

noun

re·​en·​try ˌrē-ˈen-trē 

: a retaking possession of property by a lessor or grantor in exercise of the right to do so upon the failure of the lessee or grantee to fulfill a covenant or condition see also power of termination at power sense 2b