reentry
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- noun
- /ˌriːˈɛntri/
- Specialized
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reentrada
- NASA recently landed a two-ton rover on Mars using the most complicated reentry system yet.
- reentry into the atmosphere
- reentry vehicle
Wait, burning up on reentry after a failed what?
- Wait, burning up on reentry after a failed what?
- It's we're, we, we just want to make sure the trajectory of our reentry is penetrating the atmosphere at just the right thrust.
Examples
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This is orbit shuttle 1138 requesting clearance for reentry.
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This modification introduced an instability that made the missile vulnerable to breaking up during reentry into the atmosphere.
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And this is shown in the reentry flight position.
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You are a go for reentry.
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I think my body would probably burn up on reentry.
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Are you sure this thing can handle atmospheric reentry?
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The crew was forced to make an emergency landing as a result of multiple malfunctions during reentry.
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This is a highly resilient organism able to survive the bitter cold of space and the searing heat of reentry.
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But the canisters were engineered to withstand reentry.
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The crew was forced to make an emergency landing as a result of multiple malfunctions during reentry.
Synonyms
Going into a place again after leaving it
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reentry comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and entry meaning 'the act of going in'. In space terms, reentry means a spacecraft going back into Earth's atmosphere from space, which is why it is a careful and often dangerous part of a mission.