reentrant

re·en·trant

also re-en·trant  (rē-ĕn′trənt)

adj.

1. Reentering; pointing inward.

2. Music Of or relating to strings that, when plucked in order, make a discontinuously rising and falling sequence of pitches: a lute with reentrant tuning.

n.

A reentrant angle or part.

re•en•trant

(riˈɛn trənt)

n.

1. a reentering angle or part.

2. a person or thing that reenters or returns.

adj.

3. reentering or pointing inward: a reentrant angle.

[1775–85]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

reentrant - (of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles" re-entrant