reentrant

[ree-en-truhnt]

re·en·trant

[ree-en-truhnt]
adjective
1.
reentering or pointing inward: a reentrant angle.
noun
2.
a reentering angle or part.
3.
a person or thing that reenters or returns: Reentrants to the engineering program must take the introductory course again.
4.
Physical Geography. a prominent indentation in a coastline. Compare salient (def. 6).

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Reentrant is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Also, re-en·trant.


Origin:
1775–85; re- + entrant
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reentrant

adjective
(of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles" [syn: re-entrant] [ant: salient
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