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re⋅en⋅try

  [ree-en-tree]
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–noun, plural -tries.
1. an act of reentering.
2. the return from outer space into the earth's atmosphere of an earth-orbiting satellite, spacecraft, rocket, or the like.
3. Law. the retaking of possession under a right reserved in a prior conveyance.
4. Also called reentry card. Bridge, Whist. a card that will win a trick enabling one to regain the lead previously lost, esp. the lead from a particular hand.
Also, re-entry, re⋅en⋅trance, re-en⋅trance  [ree-en-truhns] .

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see re-, entry
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re·en·try also re-en·try   (rē-ěn'trē)   
n.   pl. re·en·tries also re-en·tries

  1. The act of reentering.

  2. Law The recovery of possession under a right reserved in a previous property transaction.

  3. Games

    1. The act of regaining the lead by taking a trick in bridge and whist.

    2. The card that will take a trick and thus regain the lead.

  4. Aerospace The return of a missile or spacecraft into Earth's atmosphere.

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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·en·try
Pronunciation: "rE-'en-trE
Function: noun
: 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 2b
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·en·try
Pronunciation: (')rE-'en-trE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tries
: a cardiac mechanism thatis 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 withreturn of the impulse along the blocked pathway when the alternate pathway is refractory and then transmission along the open pathway resulting in an abnormality
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

reentry re·en·try (rē-ěn'trē)
n.
Return of the same impulse into an area of heart muscle that it has recently activated but that is now no longer refractory, as in reciprocal rhythm.

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