re-entry

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re-en·try / rē ˈentrē/ • n. (pl. -tries) 1. the action or process of reentering something: programs designed to prepare you for reentry to the profession she feared she would not be granted reentry into Britain. ∎  the return of a spacecraft or missile into the earth's atmosphere.2. Law the action of retaking or repossession.3. a visible duplication of part of the design for a postage stamp due to an inaccurate first impression. ∎  a stamp displaying such a duplication.

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