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reentrant

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re⋅en⋅trant

  [ree-en-truhnt]
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–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).
Also, re-entrant.

Origin:
1775–85; re- + entrant
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re·en·trant also re-en·trant   (rē-ěn'trənt)   
adj.  Reentering; pointing inward.
n.  A reentrant angle or part.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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