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Egression

//ɪˈɡɹɛʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of going; egress.

    "That so thou mayest have a triumphal egression"

  2. 2
    the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent wordnet
  3. 3
    A calculated version of the wave field that emanated from a specified location at a specified time.

    "The egression (H₊) is simply the time reverse of Equation (1)."

  4. 4
    The location of a feature on an ammonite fossil outward from the line of the shell's spiral.

    "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."

  5. 5
    A centralized or top-down organization.

    "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."

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  1. 6
    A legitimate implication an existing law.

    "This conclusion is an egression from federalism principles."

Etymology

From Latin ēgressiō.

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