ingress
ingress Lexical Profile
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• noun
The act or right of going in or entering; the penetration or entry of an unwanted substance such as water or dust.
"The easement grants the property owner the legal right of ingress and egress across the neighboring land."
A place or means of access; an entrance or opening.
"Rescue teams cleared the rubble blocking the main ingress to the underground tunnel."
In astronomy, the beginning of a celestial body's transit across the disk of another body, or its entry into a shadow during an eclipse.
"Astronomers recorded the exact timestamp of the planet's ingress across the edge of the host star."
• verb
To go in or enter a place, space, or structure (used chiefly in formal or technical contexts).
"The rubber gasket failed, allowing moisture to ingress into the sensitive electronic housing."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Ingress' is a formal or technical term (commonly paired with its opposite, 'egress', in property law, architecture, and engineering) rather than an everyday word for an entrance.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late Middle Ages from Latin 'ingressus' ('a going in'), the past participle of 'ingredi' ('to enter'), formed from 'in-' ('into') and 'gradi' ('to step, walk').