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re-entrant

/ ːˈɛԳٰəԳ /

adjective

  1. (of an angle, esp in fortifications) pointing inwards Compare salient
  2. maths (of an angle in a polygon) greater than 180° and thus pointing inwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an angle or part that points inwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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When heart rhythm abnormality occurs in a self-sustained manner, it is called re-entrant arrhythmia, which is usually fatal.

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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.

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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.

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DHS said 92% of people Ice arrested from the inauguration through September “had a criminal conviction or a pending criminal charge, were an Ice fugitive or were an illegal re-entrant”.

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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.

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