re-entrant (redirected from re-entrants)

re·en·trant also re-en·trant  (r-ntrnt)

adj.

Reentering; pointing inward.

n.

A reentrant angle or part.

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re-entrant [riːˈɛntrənt]

adj

1. (Military / Fortifications) (of an angle, esp in fortifications) pointing inwards Compare salient [2]

2. (Mathematics) Maths (of an angle in a polygon) greater than 180° and thus pointing inwards

n

an angle or part that points inwards

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

re-entrant - (of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles" reentrant salient - (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

Translations

re-entrant

n → Wiederholungskandidat(in) m(f)