Meanings
plural re-entries · alternative reentry · alternative reëntry
- countableuncountableThe act of entering again.
a re-entry into public life
1 more example
Shortly after its re-entry into traffic, it was named County Durham on October 1 that year, although it was denamed later.
2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26 - countableuncountablespace flightThe return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
- countableuncountablelawThe reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- countableuncountablemedicineThe reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
- countableuncountablebridgeA re-entry card.
- countableuncountablehobbiesA trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishentry
- Englishre-entry
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 再入
- 再入 (zàirù)the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
Hindi पुनःप्रवेश
- पुनःप्रवेश (punaḥpraveś)the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
Spanish reingreso, reentrada
- reingresothe return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
- reentradathe return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
Tagalog balipasok
- balipasokthe return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere
Cite this entry
re-entry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-entry
“re-entry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-entry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-entry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-entry.
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