reentrantly

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adverb

In a reentrant manner (in various senses).

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Meanings

adverbreentrantly (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingIn a reentrant manner (in various senses).

    Also, just like MySpinLock in the previous section, SpinLock cannot be acquired reentrantly.

    2010, Trey Nash, Accelerated C# 2010, [Berkeley, C.A.]: Apress, →ISBN, page 385
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    Connections from the amygdala to long-term memory and working memory and attention circuits are also reentrantly engaged, facilitating retrieval of semantic and episodic memories of the threat.

    2015, Joseph LeDoux, Anxious: The Modern Mind in the Age of Anxiety, London: Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, page 229

Origin

From reentrant + -ly.

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APA

reentrantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reentrantly

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Chicago

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