- a variation of reentrant.
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
By the objection, say, of a child, there ought to be a re-entrant column of smoke, which there is not.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
Such a ring made to pass the re-entrant corner of a wall—the edge of a window recess, for example—will appear to be attracted.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
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