RE-ENTRY


Meaning of RE-ENTRY in English

Note: in AM, also use 'reentry'

1.

Re-entry is the act of returning to a place, organization, or area of activity that you have left.

The house has been barred and bolted to prevent re-entry...

N-UNCOUNT : also a N

2.

Re-entry is used to refer to the moment when a spacecraft comes back into the earth’s atmosphere after being in space.

The station would burn up on re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere.

N-UNCOUNT : also a N

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