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egress

egress

9.9
The moment a moon or planet appears again after being hidden during an eclipse
  • noun
  • /ˈiːɡrɛs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reaparición
  • During the eclipse, the egress of the moon allowed viewers to see the stars again.
  • ingress and egress

Examples

  • Jean-Charles Gallet, observing the transit from Avignon, also noticed the deformation of Mercury's disk during the small planet's egress.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The egress of the planet was captured beautifully in the photographs taken during the event.

  • A noted clockmaker, Rittenhouse built a piece to measure the time of Venus's first and second contact (or ingress and egress) on the solar disc.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Astronomers noted the precise timing of egress as Jupiter reappeared from behind the shadow of Saturn.

Synonyms

emersion
vsegress
  • Specialized
9.9

The act of coming into view after being hidden, for example when the sun appears after an eclipse

is the precise astronomy event of a celestial body returning after an eclipse
egression
vsegress
9.8

An act of coming out or appearing, like gas, people and new evidence

is the specific astronomy case of a body reappearing after being obscured

Antonyms

ingress
  • Specialized
9.9

When a star or planet moves behind another object at the start of an eclipse

Surface Forms

egress singular
egresses plural

Etymology

The word egress comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and gress 'step', so it has the image of 'stepping out' from hiding. So in astronomy, an egress is when a planet or moon 'comes out' again after being hidden.