|
|
Definition of Ingress
1. Noun. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse.
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"
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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingress
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. ..."
Other Resources:
