About The Word Ingress
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Ingress
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What's The Definition Of Ingress?
[n] the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
[n] (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse Synonyms | Synonyms for Ingress: entering | entrance | entry | immersion | incoming Related Terms | Find terms related to Ingress: access | adit | admission | admittance | air lock | approach | channel | come in | conduit | corridor | course | ditch | duct | egress | entrance | entranceway | entree | entry | entryway | exit | gangplank | gangway | go in | hall | in | ingression | inlet | intake | means of access | opening | passage | passageway | penetrate | trench | trough | troughing | troughway | tunnel | vestibule | way | way in See Also | accession | admission | admittance | arrival | disappearance | eclipse | enrollment | enrolment | entree | incursion | intrusion | irruption | occultation | penetration | registration Ingress In Webster's Dictionary \In"gress\, n. [L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See
{Ingredient}.]
1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into
the lungs.
2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering;
as, all ingress was prohibited.
3. (Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the
earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
\In"gress\, v. i. To go in; to enter. [R.] |
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