inblow en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English inblowen, from Old English inblāwan (“to inspire, breathe upon, inflate, puff up”), equivalent to in- + blow. Doublet of inflate.
Meanings
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The act or process of blowing in or into; inflation.
During the full gasification stage, after piercing has been effected, the enlargement of the cracks requires a progressively increasing inblow.
1949, Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain), Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers: Volume 109:Within the frame of the Pandtl model the evident formula for the principle of rate defect in a turbulent boundary layer are obtained when unregular inblow takes place as well as in tubes with exhausting and inblow.
1980, O. (Otto) Neugebauer, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR., Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematics abstracts: Volume 419
- That which is blown in.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inblows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |