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s | reentrant |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective reentrant is

.

As a noun reentrant is

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s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    reentrant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Reentering; pointing inward.
  • (programming, of a mutual exclusion mechanism) Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
  • :The global interpreter lock of the embedded scripting engine is not re-entrant.
  • (programming) That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.
  • :Global variables must not be altered by reentrant code.
  • (transport, of a part of a rocket) Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.
  • (physiology) Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart)

    • Derived terms

    * macroreentrant * microreentrant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An angle or part that reenters itself.
  • One who enters (the labour market, etc.) again.
  • (geography) A valley between a pair of parallel ridges

    • See also

    *reusable