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Definition of Reentrants
1. reentrant [n] - See also: reentrant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reentrants
Literary usage of Reentrants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"While I would agree in the main with Professor Miller in his argument concerning
the formation of reentrants made by up-stream cut- ..."
2. Geographical Essays by William Morris Davis (1909)
"When a side stream enters the valley of a degrading main stream, it tends to push
the main stream away, and thus causes it to wear out reentrants opposite ..."
3. A Handbook of Northern France by William Morris Davis (1918)
"The first of the reentrants occurs just below the confluence of the Aisne and
the Oise; it is occupied to the east of the Oise by the forest of ..."
4. A Handbook of Northern France by William Morris Davis (1918)
"The first of the reentrants occurs just below the confluence of the Aisne and
the Oise; it is occupied to the east of the Oise by the forest of Compiegne, ..."
5. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"Among these are (1) parts ofthe ceilings, which are received by the reentrants
at the back corners and are a determinant of the geison width front to back, ..."
6. Practical Exercises in Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1908)
"Why es the cliff line turn into the plateau (away from the main river) several
sharp angles or reentrants ? turn toward the river in ,veral curves ? 4. ..."
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