reentrant

UK /ɹiːˈɛntɹənt/ US /ɹiːˈɛntɹənt/
adj 5noun 3

Definitions

adj

1

Reentering; pointing inward.

2

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

The global interpreter lock of the embedded scripting engine is not reentrant.

3

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.

Actor serialization […]might even lead to possible deadlock. To mitigate that risk, there's an important exception to actor serialization: actors are reentrant. This means that when an actor itself says await, then while the actor's code is waiting, its members can be accessed from outside the actor using await.

4

Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.

5

Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart).

noun

1

An angle or part that reenters itself.

2

One who enters (the labour market, etc.) again.

3

A valley between a pair of parallel ridges.

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