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

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