1. inlet - Noun
2. inlet - Verb
A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.
A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.
That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEach one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God. Ernest Holmes
The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder. Lawrence Hargrave
Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. Oliver Goldsmith
A compressor map shows that the airflow reduces with increasing compressor inlet temperature although the compressor is still running at maximum RPM (but reduced aerodynamic speed). Source: Internet
After sailing a little farther, the expedition lands at an inlet next to an area of strong currents ( Straumfjörð ), with an island just offshore (Straumsey) and makes camp. Source: Internet
All sponges have ostia, channels leading to the interior through the mesohyl, and in most sponges these are controlled by tube-like porocytes that form closable inlet valves. Source: Internet