reentrant

Reentering; pointing inward.

A reentrant angle or part.

Same as reëntering.

In electricity, designating a form of armature-winding of dynamo-electric machines, consisting of two or more spirals arranged so that the end of the first spiral leads into the beginning of the second, etc., and the end of the last into the beginning of the first.

A reëntering angle or part.

In physical geography, a concave or retreating surface or outline.

Reëntering; pointing or directed inwardds.

Reentering; pointing inward.

Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.

That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.