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Ingression

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in·gress  (ngrs)
n.
1. also in·gres·sion (n-grshn) A going in or entering.
2. Right or permission to enter.
3. A means or place of entering.

[Middle English ingresse, from Latin ingressus, from past participle of ingred, to enter : in-, in; see in-2 + grad, to step; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]


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The fault slip, which caused permanent land subsidence of several meters (3) and ingression of sea water, resulted in the displacement of most survivors, many of whom were forced to live in temporary camps on higher ground for periods of more than a year.
The sol-gel coating acts as a barrier to the ingression of moisture and chloride ions from the electrolyte.
Every year, abundance of water during the monsoon causes disasters like floods and river bank erosions, and scarcity of freshwater during the dry season causes salinity ingression, drought," and other problems, he said.
 
 
 
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