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# inflow

«inflow» in Mova's school dictionary: **The movement of water, air or other things flowing into a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an inflow, inflows; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The movement of water, air or other things flowing into a place: the inflow of a river into a lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#m1)

2) The arrival of money, people or goods into a place: an inflow of visitors, cash inflow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science, rivers, pipes and air give inflow into lakes, reservoirs or rooms; outflow goes out. In maths problems, a tank with inflow and outflow fills or empties at the difference of the two rates. In money lessons, cash inflow is money coming in. Phrases: inflow and outflow, inflow of water, an inflow of tourists.

### examples

- The inflow of river water filled the reservoir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#x1)
- The bathtub's inflow was faster than its outflow, so it overflowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#x2)
- Summer brings an inflow of tourists to the beach town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#x3)
- The shop had a big inflow of money at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#x4)
- Warm air inflow made the room cosy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#x5)
- If the inflow is 5 litres a minute and the outflow is 3, the tank gains 2 litres a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «outflow». In maths, net change = inflow − outflow. Stress: IN-flow.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inflow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.