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Noun: ingress  'in,gres
  1. The act of entering
    "she made a grand ingress";
    - entrance, entry, incoming
     
  2. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
    "The ingress of Venus marked the beginning of the transit";
    - immersion

Derived forms: ingresses

Type of: arrival, disappearance

Antonym: emersion

Part of: eclipse, occultation

Encyclopedia: Ingress, egress, and regress