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Reentrant is an English word with synonyms like salient. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Reentrant in a sentence

Reentrant meaning

  1. Reentering; pointing inward.
  2. Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
  3. That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.

Synonyms of Reentrant

re-entrant salient

Related words

Other words often associated with Reentrant or its synonyms:

inclined striking outstanding spectacular projection conspicuous prominent

Using Reentrant

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: re-entrant, salient.
  • In the example corpus, reentrant often appears in combinations such as: reentrant tuning.

Context around Reentrant

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

same 1×

Often after:

tuning 2× interrupt 1× program 1×

Sentence patterns with Reentrant

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as a reentrant tuning it 1× in a reentrant interrupt handler 1× make it reentrant or interruptible 1× the same reentrant program at 1× to be reentrant in practice 1× uses a reentrant tuning the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although in theory 1× however in multiprocessing 1× in a traditional 1× this is known 1×

Common sentence endings:

across the fingerboard 1× close harmony chording 1× of the program 1× requests in turn 1× the same time 1× will hang forever 1×

Words around Reentrant

Just before it in the word index:

reentrancy 3 reenters 7 reentering 19 reentered 28 reenter 42 reenroll 2

Just after it in the word index:

reentries 2 reentry 124 reep 4 reepalu 3 reeperbahn 6 reequip 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Reentrant

  • In this selection, "reentrant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, same, tuning, interrupt and program stand out and add context to how "reentrant" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a reentrant tuning it and in a reentrant interrupt handler. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "reentrant" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with reentrant

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This is known as a " reentrant tuning " it avoids the problems of a low-tuned bass string and enables uniquely close-harmony chording. (23 words)

But if the function is used in a reentrant interrupt handler and a second interrupt arises inside the function, the second routine will hang forever. (25 words)

Because of the short fifth string, the five-string banjo uses a reentrant tuning —the string pitches don't proceed lowest to highest across the fingerboard. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Although in theory the Mach kernel would also have to be reentrant, in practice this isn't an issue because its response times are so fast it can simply wait and serve requests in turn. (35 words)

However, in multiprocessing systems many processes may run off of, or share, the same reentrant program at the same location in memory, but each process is said to own its own image of the program. (35 words)

In a traditional kernel extensive work needs to be carried out to make it reentrant or interruptible, as programs running on different processors could call into the kernel at the same time. (32 words)

Example sentences (6)

Although in theory the Mach kernel would also have to be reentrant, in practice this isn't an issue because its response times are so fast it can simply wait and serve requests in turn.

Because of the short fifth string, the five-string banjo uses a reentrant tuning —the string pitches don't proceed lowest to highest across the fingerboard.

But if the function is used in a reentrant interrupt handler and a second interrupt arises inside the function, the second routine will hang forever.

However, in multiprocessing systems many processes may run off of, or share, the same reentrant program at the same location in memory, but each process is said to own its own image of the program.

In a traditional kernel extensive work needs to be carried out to make it reentrant or interruptible, as programs running on different processors could call into the kernel at the same time.

This is known as a " reentrant tuning " it avoids the problems of a low-tuned bass string and enables uniquely close-harmony chording.

Common combinations with reentrant

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "reentrant" in a sentence?
An example: "Although in theory the Mach kernel would also have to be reentrant, in practice this isn't an issue because its response times are so fast it can simply wait and serve requests in turn." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "reentrant" from authentic English texts.
What does "reentrant" mean?
Reentrant means: Reentering; pointing inward.
What are synonyms of "reentrant"?
Common synonyms of "reentrant" include: re-entrant, salient.
How many example sentences with "reentrant" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "reentrant", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.