INGRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ingress mean? 

• INGRESS (noun)
  The noun INGRESS has 2 senses:

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

2. the act of entering

  Familiarity information: INGRESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INGRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

immersion; ingress

Hypernyms ("ingress" is a kind of...):

disappearance (the event of passing out of sight)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Holonyms ("ingress" is a part of...):

eclipse; occultation (one celestial body obscures another)

Antonym:

egress ((astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of entering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress

Context example:

she made a grand entrance

Hypernyms ("ingress" is a kind of...):

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ingress"):

incursion (the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers))

intrusion (entrance by force or without permission or welcome)

irruption (a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in)

entree (an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage)

enrollment; enrolment; registration (the act of enrolling)

penetration (the act of entering into or through something)

admission; admittance (the act of admitting someone to enter)

 Context examples 

I could find no means of ingress.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Testing the device's protective materials to prevent moisture penetration or ingress.

(Device Humidity Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Testing the device's ability to protect against ingress or access of unwanted fluids or solids.

(Device Ingress Protection Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)