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Vinony

inflow

noun

  1. in meteorology, the flow of a fluid into a large collection of that fluid
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Wiktionary

noun

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

  1. The act or process of flowing in or into.
  2. 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. 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.”

verb

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

  1. To flow in.

    “the discusing and drying up of the inflowed Humour”