ingress

Meaning

Noun

1. The act of entering.
2. Permission to enter.
3. A door or other means of entering.
4. The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

Verb

1. To intrude or insert oneself
2. To enter (a specified location or area)
3. To enter into a zodiacal sign
4. To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪŋɡɹɛs/

Etymology

From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.