inflow

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Definition of inflow

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of flowing in or into.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of flowing in or into.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Anything which flows in or into.
    “The inflow of air.”
    “According to Farside Investors’ data, spot ETH exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net inflows of roughly $2.4 billion in the past six trading days, well above the $827 million in net inflows into spot BTC ETFs during the same period.”
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Influence from outside.
    “But there is also "top down causality" in which the entire system, as a whole, is affected by the inflow or influence of pattern formation, or "information."”
    “Broadly speaking, there are two cases in which a national culture is subjected to the sudden inflow or influence of a foreign culture: (1) when the former is conquered by the latter and (2) when it conquers the latter.”
    “Open yourself completely to the inflow and influence of the music and light of God through daily practice of the spiritual exercises, which he gives to you.”

verb

  1. To flow in.
    “the discusing and drying up of the inflowed Humour”

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Etymology

From Middle English inflowen, equivalent to in- + flow.

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