noun
definition
A crowding or flooding in.
definition
The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on.
verb
definition
To rush in.
Examples of inrush in a Sentence
Mines may become flooded by the inrush of surface waters in times of great rainfall or sudden floods, or by the undermining of surface waters.
Gold was discovered on the Sweetwater river in 1867, and a large inrush of population followed.
The didactic element was no longer in sole possession of the field, for the inrush of multitudes to the Christian faith and the building of large churches necessitated a return to the evangelical or proclamatory type of sermon.
At the open end, as a first approximation to be corrected later, there are no pressure changes, for any tendency to excess can be relieved by immediate expansion into the outer air, and any tendency to defect can be filled up by an inrush from the outer air.
The first great inrush of population, following the discovery of gold and the opening of the railway, brought many desperate characters, who were held in check only by the stern, swift measures of frontier justice.
Corps had been close at hand, on the Stol and higher up the Natisone valley, the inrush of the enemy might have been stemmed.
This change is most strikingly illustrated by the inrush of Angiosperms, in the equally marked decrease in the Cycads, and in the altered character of the ferns.
These are extremely handy for loads that have large inrush vs. operating currents.
However similar precautions must be taken in solid state HVDC power supplies to limit the inrush current at turn on.
In September 1819, a group of eleven men became trapped underground at the pit following a sudden inrush of water.
Once the capacitor is charged, the main HVDC supply can then be switched on abruptly without incurring a high inrush current.