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in⋅take

[in-teyk]
–noun
1. the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
2. an act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen.
3. something that is taken in.
4. a quantity taken in: an intake of 50 gallons a minute.
5. a narrowing; contraction.

Origin:
1515–25; n. use of v. phrase take in
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in·take   (ĭn'tāk')   
n.  
  1. An opening by which a fluid is admitted into a container or conduit.

    1. The act of taking in.

    2. The quantity taken in.

    3. Something, especially energy, taken in.

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Word Origin & History

intake 
c.1800, "place where water is taken into a channel or pipe," originally a Scot. and Northern word, from in + take. Meaning "act of taking in" (food, breath, etc.) is first attested 1808.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·take
Pronunciation: 'in-"tAk
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of taking in <intake and exhalation of gases>
2 : the amount taken in intake to four cups daily —D. R. Zimmerman>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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