reentry

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also re-en·try (rē-ĕn'trē) pronunciation
n., pl., -tries, also -tries.
  1. The act of reentering.
  2. Law. The recovery of possession under a right reserved in a previous property transaction.
  3. Games.
    1. The act of regaining the lead by taking a trick in bridge and whist.
    2. The card that will take a trick and thus regain the lead.
  4. Aerospace. The return of a missile or spacecraft into Earth's atmosphere.

The legal right of a landlord to possess the property when the term for possession by a tenant has expired.


Example: A tenant’s five-year lease had expired, but he refused to leave. The landlord had the right of reentry at that time and had to call the sheriff to compel the tenant to admit him.

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n.

Return of the same impulse into an area of heart muscle that it has recently activated but that is now no longer refractory, as in reciprocal rhythm.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - genindtræden, tilbagevenden (f.eks. rumskib, der trænger ned gennem atmosfæren)

Français (French)
n. - rentrée, réinscription

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wiedereintreten, Wiedereinreise

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επάνοδος, επανείσοδος, ξαναμπάσιμο, νέα είσοδος

Italiano (Italian)
rientro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - retomada de posse (f)

Русский (Russian)
возвращение

Español (Spanish)
n. - reingreso, reentrada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återinträde

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
重返, 重新入场, 重新登记, 重获所有权

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 重返, 重新入場, 重新登記, 重獲所有權

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 다시 들어감 , 재입국, 재돌입

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 再突入

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כניסה מחדש, לקיחה מחדש של רכוש‬


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