"re-entry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: re-entries [plural]
Etymology: re- + entry Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|entry}} re- + entry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} re-entry (countable and uncountable, plural re-entries)
  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of entering again. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-AX4FkFdy
  2. (aerospace) The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aerospace Translations (the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere): 再入 (zàirù) (Chinese Mandarin), balipasok (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-aT5uR3wK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 3 18 3 15 8 18 14 Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere': 1 83 1 3 1 5 1 2 4
  3. (law) The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-VUNKO0i1 Topics: law
  4. (law) The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-Eg9bWg3g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 3 18 3 15 8 18 14 Topics: law
  5. (music, of a ukulele) A break in the pitch order of strings. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-Td9qxy~C Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  6. (physiology) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-~EFqRqgn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 3 18 3 15 8 18 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 6 13 9 11 14 19 8 9 13 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  7. (card games, bridge and whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bridge, Card games
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-XCLYOi8D Topics: card-games, games
  8. (card games, bridge and whist) A re-entry card. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bridge, Card games
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-eImTIVXa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 3 18 3 15 8 18 14 Topics: card-games, games
  9. (surfing) A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surfing
    Sense id: en-re-entry-en-noun-Ut6OlwGk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 3 18 3 15 8 18 14 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reentry, reëntry [rare] Derived forms: reo Related terms: reentrant

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        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Bridge",
        "en:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "retaking",
          "retake"
        ],
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "bridge and whist",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games, bridge and whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Bridge",
        "en:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A re-entry card."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "re-entry card",
          "re-entry card"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "bridge and whist",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games, bridge and whist) A re-entry card."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Surfing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surfing",
          "surfing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surfing) A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "surfing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "reentry"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "reëntry"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàirù",
      "sense": "the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere",
      "word": "再入"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the return of a spacecraft into the atmosphere",
      "word": "balipasok"
    }
  ],
  "word": "re-entry"
}

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