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Definition of egress in English: egressnoun ˈiːɡrɛsˈiˌɡrɛs mass noun1formal The action of going out of or leaving a place. direct means of access and egress for passengers Example sentencesExamples - ‘We would stress the importance of gritting all A and B roads to facilitate the smooth and safe access and egress for the emergency services,’ he said.
- The agency is also considering a number of options to improve access and egress from Malton on to the town's A64 bypass.
- People can be arrested and charges can be laid in relation to the sort of activity where property is damaged, where people are injured or where lawful access and egress to a particular place is inhibited.
- Their placements are carefully coordinated with the spacing required for emergency egress and building anchorage points.
- A system of tokens will facilitate free facilities and there will be pedestrian access and egress at all times as at present.
- You can restrict access without impacting egress.
- Access or egress has to be made across public property - public boat ramp, highway right-of-way, etc. - or with the permission of the landowner.
- The Pavilions are fully heated and built on hard core with easy access and egress.
- The control of a door for emergency egress cannot be impeded by the access control system.
- For the east wall, adjacent to the Metro structures, concrete slabs and buttresses were integrated into the stairwells required for emergency egress from the below-ground exhibit hall.
- Access and egress for rear passengers is considerably easier because of the five-door layout - the car can easily carry four adults (or two adults and three children) and a boot full of luggage.
- Differences between applications, such as frequency of use or degree of access or egress required, are not taken into consideration.
- There are cobbled access roads to allow resident access and egress.
- Security systems are designed to prevent access, block egress and trigger an alarm if an attempt is made to breach the area.
- To allow for easy ingress and egress, the passenger side has standard doors while the driver's side has a large electric sliding door.
- As it turned out, the station is well north of its namesake thoroughfare, and its access and egress is via a pedestrian bridge that leads to and from the western side of the tracks.
- This would not enable the visitor to be reasonably safe, because he has no option but to use the bridge for access and egress.
- If properly designed for sufficient illumination during emergency egress, no problem should occur with hallway usage during the response call.
- Prefabricated stainless steel perforated panels cover an elliptical freestanding staircase in the northwest quadrant of the building for emergency egress.
- Special care is being taken to ensure reserved seating remains available only to those who booked or bought such tickets and new gates installed at the Grand Stand are being depended upon to help increase control of access and egress.
Synonyms departure, leaving, exit, withdrawal, retreat, pull-out, exodus, issue - 1.1count noun A way out.
Example sentencesExamples - Also it is usually necessary to have airlocks and space suits for astronaut egresses.
- Not stopping for pleasantries, he scooped her up in his normal arm and accelerated down the hallway to a point where he had mentally mapped a route to to an egress.
- Instead of focusing motion detection only on entrances and egresses, such as doors and air ducts, it's most practical to simply flood the room with motion detection.
- Doorways into the mind and the unknown are symbolized as arcane, bewildering entrances and egresses.
- Finally, they emerged in a lab, several squads of armed men in paramilitary uniforms looking around stupidly from where they were covering the air ducts, elevator, stairs, and all other egresses.
Synonyms way out, door, passage out, escape route exit, way out, out door, escape route
2Astronomy
another term for emersion Example sentencesExamples - To the chagrin of astronomers, the atmospheres of Earth and Venus conspired to make the exact timing of ingress and egress nearly impossible, often leaving an uncertainty of nearly half a minute.
- Tomorrow night - or the day after egress, Mars Express will fly over Spirit's landing site at an altitude of about 186 miles or 300 kilometers.
- He recorded the times of ingress and egress, but his observations, made from the deck of a rolling ship, were practically useless.
- ‘They saw evidence of an atmosphere at ingress, at - 80 degrees latitude, but none at egress, which was up near the equator,’ Spilker said.
- Ingress and egress are the terms usually employed for the phases when Mercury or Venus are entering and leaving, respectively, the solar disk.
verb ˈiːɡrɛsˈiˌɡrɛs [with object]US Go out of or leave (a place) they'd egress the area by heading south-west Example sentencesExamples - Fortunately, all four members of the aircrew egressed the aircraft without physical injuries.
- The passengers and crew egressed the aircraft using the over-wing emergency-escape exit.
- The crew successfully egressed the aircraft after which it was turned over to maintenance.
- While the aircraft commander and I shut down all eight engines the rest of the crew egressed the aircraft.
- The landing was flawless and uneventful, and he egressed the aircraft as emergency vehicles approached.
- Thirty seconds after touchdown, we successfully egressed the jet and were standing behind a fire truck.
- The nose gear did collapse on landing, and the crew egressed without incident.
- The pilot egressed and the fire fighters used foam to prevent a fire.
- He successfully shut down the engines after fire-fighting equipment was in place and egressed the aircraft with no injuries.
- In addition to egressing the doomed aircraft and boarding the life rafts, the medical aircrew also had to transport an infant, a small child and an injured adult.
- We quickly secured the starboard engine, called the firefighters, secured the left engine, and egressed the aircraft.
- During this same time the crew chief scrambled to put the ladder in place so the pilot could expeditiously egress the aircraft.
- Fire extinguisher in hand, Airman Beckett swiftly moved to combat the raging inferno; keeping the flames away from the main entry hatch until the flight crew had safely egressed the aircraft.
- They abandon their weapons and egress the area.
- He had egressed through the broken chin bubble and nearly had become trapped in it.
- Though heavily damaged, the aircraft egressed the area and made an emergency landing seven kilometers away.
- The above fact is significant because of the Sutter Creek arson site, investigators discovered that the suspect egressed through an area with a heavy growth of poison oak.
- He signaled the pilot to perform emergency shutdown procedures and to egress the cockpit.
- After egressing the aircraft, Mr. Edson ran to the air conditioning cart, immediately shut down its power, and opened the front panel so they could access the growing fire.
- He immediately returned to his launch position, calmly informed the aircrew of the situation, and directed them on the safest method of egressing the aircraft.
Derivatives noun iːˈɡrɛʃ(ə)n The material is uniformly ventilated to allow egression of fluid. Example sentencesExamples - Instead, the animal airway tissue in vivo has obviously been depleted of its eosinophils by their egression into the airway lumen.
- This does not affect the egression of cells from the bone marrow into the blood.
- I could not just make an egression from the island of my hero!
- They also provide large concrete steps allowing egression to and from the river.
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin egressus 'gone out', from the verb egredi, from ex- 'out' + gradi 'to step'. Definition of egress in US English: egressnounˈēˌɡresˈiˌɡrɛs 1The action of going out of or leaving a place. direct means of access and egress for passengers Example sentencesExamples - There are cobbled access roads to allow resident access and egress.
- The agency is also considering a number of options to improve access and egress from Malton on to the town's A64 bypass.
- People can be arrested and charges can be laid in relation to the sort of activity where property is damaged, where people are injured or where lawful access and egress to a particular place is inhibited.
- ‘We would stress the importance of gritting all A and B roads to facilitate the smooth and safe access and egress for the emergency services,’ he said.
- To allow for easy ingress and egress, the passenger side has standard doors while the driver's side has a large electric sliding door.
- For the east wall, adjacent to the Metro structures, concrete slabs and buttresses were integrated into the stairwells required for emergency egress from the below-ground exhibit hall.
- Access or egress has to be made across public property - public boat ramp, highway right-of-way, etc. - or with the permission of the landowner.
- Security systems are designed to prevent access, block egress and trigger an alarm if an attempt is made to breach the area.
- The Pavilions are fully heated and built on hard core with easy access and egress.
- A system of tokens will facilitate free facilities and there will be pedestrian access and egress at all times as at present.
- Special care is being taken to ensure reserved seating remains available only to those who booked or bought such tickets and new gates installed at the Grand Stand are being depended upon to help increase control of access and egress.
- The control of a door for emergency egress cannot be impeded by the access control system.
- If properly designed for sufficient illumination during emergency egress, no problem should occur with hallway usage during the response call.
- You can restrict access without impacting egress.
- Prefabricated stainless steel perforated panels cover an elliptical freestanding staircase in the northwest quadrant of the building for emergency egress.
- As it turned out, the station is well north of its namesake thoroughfare, and its access and egress is via a pedestrian bridge that leads to and from the western side of the tracks.
- Their placements are carefully coordinated with the spacing required for emergency egress and building anchorage points.
- This would not enable the visitor to be reasonably safe, because he has no option but to use the bridge for access and egress.
- Access and egress for rear passengers is considerably easier because of the five-door layout - the car can easily carry four adults (or two adults and three children) and a boot full of luggage.
- Differences between applications, such as frequency of use or degree of access or egress required, are not taken into consideration.
Synonyms departure, leaving, exit, withdrawal, retreat, pull-out, exodus, issue - 1.1 A way out.
Example sentencesExamples - Instead of focusing motion detection only on entrances and egresses, such as doors and air ducts, it's most practical to simply flood the room with motion detection.
- Doorways into the mind and the unknown are symbolized as arcane, bewildering entrances and egresses.
- Also it is usually necessary to have airlocks and space suits for astronaut egresses.
- Finally, they emerged in a lab, several squads of armed men in paramilitary uniforms looking around stupidly from where they were covering the air ducts, elevator, stairs, and all other egresses.
- Not stopping for pleasantries, he scooped her up in his normal arm and accelerated down the hallway to a point where he had mentally mapped a route to to an egress.
Synonyms way out, door, passage out, escape route - 1.2US Law The right or freedom to come out or go out.
Example sentencesExamples - Leafleting does not have the same coercive component as a picket line, and does not in any significant manner impede access to or egress from premises.
- There are plenty of laws in the books already that deal with individuals that commit assault, assault with a vehicle, child endangering, blocking someone egress or access.
- He petitioned the judge, he said I want the same ingress and egress, the same access to the courtroom, special treatment that the van Dams have.
- 1.3Astronomy
another term for emersion Example sentencesExamples - Tomorrow night - or the day after egress, Mars Express will fly over Spirit's landing site at an altitude of about 186 miles or 300 kilometers.
- To the chagrin of astronomers, the atmospheres of Earth and Venus conspired to make the exact timing of ingress and egress nearly impossible, often leaving an uncertainty of nearly half a minute.
- ‘They saw evidence of an atmosphere at ingress, at - 80 degrees latitude, but none at egress, which was up near the equator,’ Spilker said.
- Ingress and egress are the terms usually employed for the phases when Mercury or Venus are entering and leaving, respectively, the solar disk.
- He recorded the times of ingress and egress, but his observations, made from the deck of a rolling ship, were practically useless.
verbˈēˌɡresˈiˌɡrɛs [with object]US Go out of or leave (a place) they'd egress the area by heading southwest Example sentencesExamples - They abandon their weapons and egress the area.
- While the aircraft commander and I shut down all eight engines the rest of the crew egressed the aircraft.
- He successfully shut down the engines after fire-fighting equipment was in place and egressed the aircraft with no injuries.
- We quickly secured the starboard engine, called the firefighters, secured the left engine, and egressed the aircraft.
- After egressing the aircraft, Mr. Edson ran to the air conditioning cart, immediately shut down its power, and opened the front panel so they could access the growing fire.
- The passengers and crew egressed the aircraft using the over-wing emergency-escape exit.
- The crew successfully egressed the aircraft after which it was turned over to maintenance.
- Though heavily damaged, the aircraft egressed the area and made an emergency landing seven kilometers away.
- In addition to egressing the doomed aircraft and boarding the life rafts, the medical aircrew also had to transport an infant, a small child and an injured adult.
- Thirty seconds after touchdown, we successfully egressed the jet and were standing behind a fire truck.
- The landing was flawless and uneventful, and he egressed the aircraft as emergency vehicles approached.
- He had egressed through the broken chin bubble and nearly had become trapped in it.
- He immediately returned to his launch position, calmly informed the aircrew of the situation, and directed them on the safest method of egressing the aircraft.
- The pilot egressed and the fire fighters used foam to prevent a fire.
- During this same time the crew chief scrambled to put the ladder in place so the pilot could expeditiously egress the aircraft.
- The above fact is significant because of the Sutter Creek arson site, investigators discovered that the suspect egressed through an area with a heavy growth of poison oak.
- Fire extinguisher in hand, Airman Beckett swiftly moved to combat the raging inferno; keeping the flames away from the main entry hatch until the flight crew had safely egressed the aircraft.
- He signaled the pilot to perform emergency shutdown procedures and to egress the cockpit.
- Fortunately, all four members of the aircrew egressed the aircraft without physical injuries.
- The nose gear did collapse on landing, and the crew egressed without incident.
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin egressus ‘gone out’, from the verb egredi, from ex- ‘out’ + gradi ‘to step’. |