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Reentry

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Reentry"

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Word	Definition
re-entrynoun	(countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.
reintegrationnoun	The process of reintegrating.
reinstatementnoun	The act of restoring something to its previous state.
retournoun	A returning.
returningnoun	The act of one who returns; a coming back.
returnnoun	The act of returning.
receiptnoun	A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
backnoun	The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
homecomingnoun	The act or event of returning home.
reenteringverb	Synonym of reentrant (“pointing inward”).
deorbitnoun	The act or process of leaving orbit.
reenterverb	(ambitransitive) To enter again; return into.
retrofirenoun	The firing of rockets directed opposite to a craft's direction of motion in order to slow down.
reentrancenoun	A second or subsequent entrance; the act of reentering
aerobrakingnoun	(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
safingnoun	(space science) The process of (a spacecraft) entering safe mode.
liftoffnoun	(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
spacecraftnoun	(astronautics) A vehicle that travels through space.
incarcerationnoun	(chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
orbitnoun	The curved path of one object around a point or another body.