Talk:Inlet

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I am not seeing any real value in the stub mark. Ideas on this page about how to expand or otherwise improve the article would be more useful. Laurel Bush 09:22, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC).

Confusing

I find this article in its present form confusing. On the one hand, the definition is so broad as to be useless ("The Mediterranean Sea may be seen as an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean"), and on the other hand it ignores a very common use of 'inlet', as a short channel connecting an ocean or sea to an inland body of water, such as a lagoon. I find the defintion in the OED (1971 Compact edition) to be much more to the point:

A narrow opening by which the water penetrates into the land; a small arm of the sea, an indentation in the sea-coast or the bank of a lake or river; a creek.

I had to look up "Geo" in the OED. It's a very obscure term. It really cries out for something better than a red-link. However, it belongs in a list of synonyms of inlet, not as part of a definition. I would like to drastically rewrite this article, but I'll hold off a few days to see what other think. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 16:02, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I got to this page from the Trunking article. It appears that there's a second meaning of this term in the context of telecommunications. Perhaps a disambiguation page, or a merged article is called for? Themusicgod1 13:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wiktionary has a second meaning, "a passage that leads into a cavity," that may cover the usage in Trunking. I doubt that meaning will support an article by itself. "Inlet switch", the context in Trunking, is also used in references to ice makers and aircraft ventilation systems, but the small number of Google hits suggests that 'inlet switch' will not stand alone as an article topic. -- Donald Albury 13:16, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Norwegian equvalent

I am not sure about the true meaning of "sound" in English, but the Norwegian word "sund" has the meaning of a straight, i.e. a narrow passage of water between to areas of land. It does not refer to the waters following the straight and is hence misleading in this connection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.236.244 (talk) 21:10, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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