Inlet
['ɪnlet] or ['ɪnlɪt]
Definition
(noun.) an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
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Definition
(n.) A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.
(n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.
(n.) That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Entrance, passage, place of ingress.[2]. Bay, bight, cove.
Typist: Manfred
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Opening, ingress, commencement, entrance
ANT:Outlet, egress, debouchure
Typist: Suzy
Definition
n. a passage by which one is let in: place of ingress: a small bay.
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Examples
- The exhaust valve is then closed, the inlet valve opened, and another cycle of four strokes begins. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The stove _S_, like all other stoves, has an inlet for air and an outlet _C_ for smoke; but in addition, it has built around it a chamber in which air circulates and is warmed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The inlet, or draft, admits enough air to cause the fire to burn brightly or slowly as the case may be. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If we wish a low fire, the inlet is only partially opened, and just enough air enters to keep the fuel smoldering. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They were also called Vikings,[338] which means inlet-men, because they came from the deep inlets of the Scandinavian coast. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The air and water in the inlet pipe, being thus partially relieved of downward pressure, are pushed up by the atmospheric pressure on the surface of the water in the well. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We started out of the little inlet and got into the Channel, and that boat went in seventeen directions simultaneously. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For the senses and muscles are used not as organic participants in having an instructive experience, but as external inlets and outlets of mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They were also called Vikings,[338] which means inlet-men, because they came from the deep inlets of the Scandinavian coast. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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