INFLOWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inflowing mean? 

• INFLOWING (adjective)
  The adjective INFLOWING has 1 sense:

1. flowing inward

  Familiarity information: INFLOWING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFLOWING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flowing inward

Synonyms:

inflowing; influent

Similar:

incoming (arriving at a place or position)

 Context examples 

Their results show that the ice is melting much more rapidly than previously thought due to inflowing warm water.

(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The black hole’s spin, coupled with gas spiraling toward the black hole, can produce a rotating, tightly wound vertical tower of magnetic field that flings a large fraction of the inflowing gas away from the vicinity of the black hole in an energetic, high-speed jet.

(Chandra Finds Evidence for Serial Black Hole Eruptions, NASA)