reentrant

noun

  1. 1

    An angle or part that reenters itself.

  2. 2

    One who enters (the labour market, etc.) again.

  3. 3

    A valley between a pair of parallel ridges

adjective

  1. 1

    Reentering; pointing inward.

  2. 2

    (of a mutual exclusion mechanism) Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.

    The global interpreter lock of the embedded scripting engine is not reentrant.
  3. 3

    That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.

    Global variables must not be altered by reentrant code.
  4. 4

    (of a part of a rocket) Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.

  5. 5

    Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart)

  6. 6

    (of a ukulele or similar instrument) Having the strings not ordered according to pitch (having a re-entry)

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