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in·take (in′tāk′)

noun

  1. the act or process of taking in
  2. the amount or thing taken in
  3. the place at which a fluid is taken into a pipe, channel, etc.
  4. a narrowing; an abrupt lessening in breadth
  5. Mech. the amount of energy taken in
  6. Mining an air shaft

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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