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egress

[′ē‚gres]
(astronomy)
The departure of the moon from the shadow of the earth in an eclipse, or of a planet from the disk of the sun, or of a satellite (or its shadow) from the disk of the parent planet.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

egress

An exit, or means of exiting. Also see means of egress .
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

egress

i. The act of getting out of a target/combat area by combat aircraft. Also refers to an egress route. The opposite of ingress . See also ingress .
ii. The act of getting out of aircraft cabin or cockpit, often under emergency conditions.
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved
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