interflow

noun

in·​ter·​flow ˌin-tər-ˈflō 

variants or inter-flow

plural interflows or inter-flows

1

: a flowing into one another : a mixing together

2

: a continuous reciprocal movement or exchange

an interflow of ideas

interflow intransitive verb

or inter-flow

interflowed or inter-flowed; interflowing or inter-flowing

Thousands of Navajo who live in the area around Black Mesa get their domestic water from the aquifer or from waters that interflow with it.

—Lawrence Lack

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1