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intake

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intake
Engineering the opening through which fluid enters a duct or channel, esp the air inlet of a jet engine
intake [′in‚tāk]
(engineering)
An entrance for air, water, fuel, or other fluid, or the amount of such fluid taken in.
A main passage for air in a mine.
(hydrology)
recharge
intake
An opening through which water or air (or any other fluid) enters a system, chamber, plenum, pipe, or machine. Also see outside-air intake.
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Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of the breath.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
"Bitte, bitte," said Cacilie, with a rapid intake of the breath.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Her face was turned away from him, but he could see, by the sharp intake of her breath, that she was weeping bitterly.
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