Definition of Ingress

1. Noun. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse.

Exact synonyms: Immersion
Category relationships: Astronomy, Uranology
Generic synonyms: Disappearance
Group relationships: Eclipse, Occultation
Antonyms: Emersion, Egress

2. Noun. The act of entering. "She made a grand entrance"
Exact synonyms: Entering, Entrance, Entry, Incoming
Generic synonyms: Arrival
Specialized synonyms: Incursion, Intrusion, Irruption, Entree, Enrollment, Enrolment, Registration, Penetration, Admission, Admittance
Derivative terms: Enter, Enter, Enter, Enter

Definition of Ingress

1. n. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

2. v. i. To go in; to enter.

Definition of Ingress

1. Noun. The act of entering. ¹

2. Noun. Permission to enter. ¹

3. Noun. A door or other means of entering. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To intrude or insert oneself ¹

5. Verb. (transitive US chiefly military) To enter (a specified location or area) ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive astrology of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign ¹

7. Verb. (context: Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ingress

1. the act of entering [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Ingress

1. 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. The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. Origin: L. Ingressus, fr. Ingredi. See Ingredient. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingress

ingratiate
ingratiated
ingratiates
ingratiating
ingratiatingly
ingratiation
ingratiations
ingratiatory
ingratitude
ingratitudes
ingrave
ingravescent
ingravidation
ingredient
ingredients
ingress (current term)
ingressed
ingresses
ingressing
ingression
ingressions
ingressive
ingressively
ingressiveness
ingressives
ingroove
ingrooved
ingrooves
ingrooving
ingross

Literary usage of Ingress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"The former stations are called stations of accelerated ingress, the latter those of retarded ingress. The stations of the egress observations are chosen ..."

2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Although blockade inwards interdicts ingress to all vessels, if not especially licensed,4 necessity makes exceptions to tne rule- Blockade. ..."

3. Treatise on Sociology, Theoretical and Practical by Henry Hughes (1854)
"Neither is the ingress of society the economic system alone. Security and subsistence are both necessary; the ingress of a society is therefore both an ..."

4. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1892)
"PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PHENOMENA WHICH ACCOMPANY THE ingress OF THE SHADOWS OF THE SATELLITES OF JUPITER. The photographs of Jupiter (enlarged direct with the ..."

5. The Sun: Ruler, Fire, Light, and Life of the Planetary System by Richard Anthony Proctor (1872)
"6s. are occupied by the passage of the outline of v v7 over the Earth's face, hoth at ingress and egress, the Earth's rotation has to be considered. ..."

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