reentrant

or re-en·trant

[ ree-en-truhnt ]

adjective

reentering or pointing inward: a reentrant angle.

noun

a reentering angle or part.
a person or thing that reenters or returns: Reentrants to the engineering program must take the introductory course again.

Physical Geography. a prominent indentation in a coastline.: Compare salient (def. 6).

Origin of reentrant

First recorded in 1775–85; re- + entrant

Words Nearby reentrant

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How to use reentrant in a sentence

Frowning hills and rolling sand dunes are to be thrown bodily into the reentrant bay.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas | Richard Henry Savage

British Dictionary definitions for re-entrant

re-entrant

/ (riːˈɛntrənt) /

adjective

(of an angle, esp in fortifications) pointing inwards: Compare salient (def. 2)
maths (of an angle in a polygon) greater than 180° and thus pointing inwards

noun

an angle or part that points inwards

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