ingoing

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That’s been a problem for a few folks whose phones have been stolen — the new “owners” get access to the original owner’s ingoing and outgoing messages.

From Forbes • Feb. 6, 2012

Jewell spoke the words of the burial service, then Martin was gently pushed into the water and was picked up by the ingoing tide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tubes through the wall opposite the food-aperture are used for the introduction of electrical connections, ingoing and outgoing water, the air-pipes, and connections for the stethoscope, pneumograph, and telephone.

From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano

All this is a result of reflex action—i.e., outgoing messages set up by ingoing ones—the "centre" being either the brain or the spinal cord.

From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Mills, Wesley

In a few seconds he had revived and gave loud and regular snorts, jerking back his head and shaking his body with each ingoing breath.

From Combed Out by Voigt, Frederick Augustus