intake

apport, consommation

Quantité de nourriture, de boisson, d’air ou d’une autre substance qui entre dans le corps ou un système.

En anglais simple : The amount of food, drink, air, or another substance that enters the body or a system.

• Watch your daily salt intake.
• She increased her water intake during the summer.
• What is the recommended intake of this vitamin?

Comment l'utiliser : intake of something (Reduce your intake of salt.)

Synonymes : consumption

Expressions courantes : daily intake, salt intake, calorie intake, intake of something

entrée, prise

Ouverture par laquelle l’air, l’eau ou un autre liquide entre dans un tuyau ou une machine.

En anglais simple : An opening where air, water, or another liquid enters a pipe or machine.

• The air intake is blocked.
• Leaves collected around the water intake.
• The mechanic checked both engine intakes.

Synonymes : inlet

Contraires : outlet

Expressions courantes : air intake, water intake, intake pipe, intake valve

inspiration, ingestion

Action de faire entrer de l’air, de la nourriture ou une autre substance dans le corps ou un système.

En anglais simple : An act of drawing air, food, or another substance into the body or a system.

• There was a sharp intake of breath.
• Each intake of air caused him pain.
• Food intake begins when the animal opens its mouth.

Comment l'utiliser : an intake of something (We heard a sudden intake of breath.)

Synonymes : taking in

Expressions courantes : intake of breath, sharp intake, intake of air

début du rétrécissement

Point où un tube ou un cylindre commence à devenir plus étroit.

En anglais simple : The point where a tube or cylinder starts to become narrower.

• The tube narrows at the intake.
• Measure the diameter just before the intake.
• The drawing marks the intake where the cylinder begins to narrow.

Expressions courantes : cylinder intake, tube intake, intake section