Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of reëntering; a new or fresh entry.
- noun In law, the resuming or retaking possession of lands previously parted with by the person so doing or his predecessors: as, a landlord's reëntry for non-payment of rent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A second or new entry.
- noun (Law) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
- noun (Whist) a card that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of retaking
possession of land, etc. - noun The return of a
spacecraft into the Earth'satmosphere .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of entering again
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Examples
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But the most difficult thing of all is what we call 're-entry' - when they come back home.
Evening Standard - Home Katie Law 2011
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The uncertainty about the "when" makes the "where" all the trickier, because a small change in the timing of the re-entry translates into thousands of miles of difference in the crash site.
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Following the launch of Soyuz TMA-14, and until the re-entry of STS-119, there will be a total of 13 people in orbit: 7 on the Shuttle, 3 on the Soyuz, and 3 on the ISS.
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Pick say this example: Ballute re-entry vehicles and VASMIR propulsion.
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Anybody ever think about using an equivalent amount of high density wood covering an equivalent surface area on a re-entry vehicle?
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The only thing I think would be a problem would be the skip re-entry profile from lunar missions.
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He had a major foreign policy speech to give last Thursday, after all, even before waiting on a shuttle re-entry and landing.
White House Release on Bolden and Garver Nominations Lacks Hoopla - NASA Watch 2009
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Such wings actually are bad during the worst part of re-entry and do not play any role for lift (check the entry angle of attack at Mach 25).
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It is completely unrealistic to expect that an illegal alien who has family and a job in this country will return to their native country to apply for re-entry – with no guarantee that they will get back in, or how long it might take.
Should path for citizenship be made easier for illegal immigrants? 2010
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Low mass to volume ratio to give benign re-entry characteristics.
Today's Video: NASA Shuttle-derived Sidemount Heavy Launch Vehicle Concept - NASA Watch 2009
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