Thesaurus: ingress

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1. n. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.
2. n. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.
3. n. The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
4. v. i. To go in; to enter.
5. n. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
6. n. the act of entering
7. 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. To go in; to enter. [R.]
8. The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth ineclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
9. n:100 n. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse