Ingressive vs Ingression - What's the difference?
ingressive | ingression | Related terms |
going or directed inward, entering
open to entry or examination
(phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
(geology) descriptive of a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
(phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.
The act or process of entering or intruding
(metaphysics) The process by which a potentiality enters into actuality
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(biology) The inward migration of cells from the blastula during gastrulation
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Ingressive is a related term of ingression.
As nouns the difference between ingressive and ingression
is that ingressive is (phonetics) a speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose while ingression is the act or process of entering or intruding.As an adjective ingressive
is going or directed inward, entering.ingressive
English
(wikipedia ingressive)Adjective
(en adjective)- The chances that your internet actions are being watched is low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern internet envioronment .
- This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave .
Antonyms
* egressiveNoun
(en noun)Antonyms
* egressive ----ingression
English
Noun
(en noun)- ingression of the sea onto land
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