re-entrant
Britishadjective
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(of an angle, esp in fortifications) pointing inwards Compare salient
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maths (of an angle in a polygon) greater than 180° and thus pointing inwards
noun
Example Sentences
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When heart rhythm abnormality occurs in a self-sustained manner, it is called re-entrant arrhythmia, which is usually fatal.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
For Chalmers, the easy part of consciousness entails mapping exactly what the brain is doing, whether it is oscillations in the cerebral cortex or re-entrant loops in the thalamocortical system.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
Beyond it, the ditch and trees curved back again in a re-entrant, so that the field formed a bay with a bank running all the way round.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
The marginal lobes of ice occupying the valleys would be separated by re-entrant angles marking the sites of hills and ridges.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
The four specimens of N. micropus having the deep re-entrant angle in M1 are from localities near where the ranges of angustapalata and micropus probably meet.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul
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