Meaning of Egression | Babel Free
ɪˈɡɹɛʃənDefinitions
- The act of going; egress.
- A calculated version of the wave field that emanated from a specified location at a specified time.
- The location of a feature on an ammonite fossil outward from the line of the shell's spiral.
- A centralized or top-down organization.
- A legitimate implication an existing law.
Examples
“That so thou mayest have⟳ a triumphal egression”
“Such things as these which are extraordinary egressions and transvolations beyond the ordinary course of an even piety, God loves to reward⟳ with an extraordinary favour […]”
“Suicide is the ultimate egression, besides which running away from home, quitting a job, deserting an army, leaving a spouse, seem to pale.”
“Because of molar egression and incisor ingression in the lower jaw, an analogous tipping of the lower occlusal plane will occur⟳.”
“The egression (H₊) is simply the time reverse of Equation (1).”
“Similarly applied to the acoustic egression, <[H₊(r,t)]²>, the result⟳ is an "egression-power map".”
“The difference between the egression power plots representing the acoustic glory and those representing the quiet Sun are fairly conspicuous.”
“We are not able to reliably identify⟳ with the TD method any visible acoustic sources at the southern egression source locations 1 and 2, perhaps due to different physical conditions in these locations and the strong transient magnetic field variations and atmospheric contribution present⟳ in the GONG velocity observations.”
“The reason⟳ for this lies in the fact that a wide-shell-band, running along the margin of the egression, is superposed directly upon the shell of the preceding whorl.”
“According to Klinger and Kennedy (1989), the hoplitoidean Placenticeras kaffarium displays a rather strong umbilical egression, which gives it a scaphitoid adult morphology.”
“Egression of the umbilical suture line on the last⟳ whorl of an adult and complete⟳ speciment is one morphologic feature which is unambiguous evidence of maturity in ammonites.”
“Experience⟳ and the will of one person were becoming an increasingly more determining moment in the practice of the entire collective: a stable egression was developing.”
“The most obvious example of egression was the relationship of the brain to the sensory organs and other nerve centres of the body.”
“In machine production a new link⟳ of egression –a mechanism –is introduced between the hand of man and the working tool. Thus, a new broadening of egression is also achieved, and quite a significant one at that: the mechanism is free from the biological limitation of organs of the body and can control⟳ at the same time an indefinitely large number⟳ of instruments.”
“This conclusion is an egression from federalism principles.”
“The tenet, accordingly, has some claim⟳ to stand⟳ as an egression of "natural" right, even when "natural" is taken in an evolutionary sense⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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