ingressive

Adjective

of a speech sound

Japanese Meaning

内向きの、内部へ向かう性質がある / 内部の侵入や調査が可能な状態である / (音声学) 口や鼻から空気を吸い込むことによって発声される

The tidal sensors detected an ingressive current pushing seawater into the estuary.

潮汐センサーは、海水を河口の汽水域に押し込む内向きの潮流を検知した。

Sense（1）

Going or directed inward, entering.

Sense（2）

Open to entry or examination.

Sense（3）

(phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.

Sense（4）

(grammar) Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.

Sense（5）

(geology) Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.

This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave.

more ingressive

（ comparative ）

most ingressive

（ superlative ）