incoming

incoming (not comparable)

1. Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.
   • 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:

     The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.

   Incoming tides cause a tidal bore in many rivers.

2. Succeeding to an office.

   The incoming prime minister gave a press conference.

• outgoing

incoming (countable and uncountable, plural incomings)

1. (countable) The act of coming in; arrival.
2. (uncountable, military) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 1977, Moyers S. Shore, The Battle for Khe Sanh

     Volume, however, was only part of the story because the incoming was almost always the heavier stuff. The hill received little 60mm or 82mm mortar fire but a deluge of 120mm mortar and 100mm artillery rounds.

   • 1992, Michael R. Conroy, Don't tell America! (page 120)

     I'll never forget the sight of those cannoneers standing at their guns firing back while the incoming was hitting all over. That was artillery's mission.

incoming

1. (military) a warning that something is coming towards you; especially enemy artillery fire

• coming in