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
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The samples will be transferred into the reentry module and the orbiter will carry the reentry module back to Earth, NASA said.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 May 2024
It had been thrown out by the Canadarm2 robotic arm and left to tumble towards Earth in an uncontrolled reentry.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 May 2024
It had been thrown out by the Canadarm2 robotic arm and left to tumble towards Earth in an uncontrolled reentry.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
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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
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