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in·flux  (nflks)
n.
1. A flowing in: an influx of foreign capital.
2. A mass arrival or incoming: an influx of visitors to the city; large influxes of refugees.

[Late Latin nflxus, from Latin, past participle of nfluere, to flow in; see influence.]

influx [ˈɪnˌflʌks]
n
1. the arrival or entry of many people or things
2. the act of flowing in; inflow
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the mouth of a stream or river
[from Late Latin influxus, from influere; see influence]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.influx - the process of flowing in
flow - any uninterrupted stream or discharge
inpour, inpouring, inrush - an inflow; "an inpouring of spiritual comfort"
effluence, efflux, outflow - the process of flowing out

influx
noun arrival, flow, rush, invasion, convergence, inflow, incursion, inundation, inrush problems caused by the influx of refugees
Translations
influx [ˈɪnflʌks] N [of people] → afluencia f; [of objects, ideas] → flujo m (Mech) → aflujo m, entrada f

influx [ˈɪnflʌks] n [people, immigrants] → afflux m; [money, capital, investments] → afflux m; [products, materials] → afflux

influx
n
(of capital, shares, foreign goods)Zufuhr f; (of people)Zustrom m, → Andrang m; (of ideas etc)Zufluss m
= inflow a

influx [ˈɪnflʌks] n (of people, objects) → afflusso; (of ideas) → flusso
influx [ˈɪnflʌks] n (of people, objects) → afflusso; (of ideas) → flusso

influx
n influx [ˈinflaks]
an arrival of something in great quantities or numbers an influx of tourists. instroming تَدَفُّق наплив příval tilstrømning; strøm das Einströmen εισροή, συρροή afluencia tulv درون ریز sisäänvirtaus afflux זֶרֶם अंत्रवाह dotok, priliv beáramlás banjir innstreymi; straumur, aðsókn afflusso 殺到 유입 antplūdis pieplūdums kemasukan toevloed strøm, tilstrømming napływ afluência aflux наплыв príval, nával, prílev dotok veliki priliv inflöde, tillströmning การไหลทะลักเข้ามา akın, akım, doluşma, üşüşme 湧進 наплив بڑی مقدار میں آمد dòng


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Surprised at the influx of birds, to which they had been strangers so long, they all looked towards Castra Regis, from whose high tower the great kite had been flying as usual.
And though he liked them all, he rather regretted his own Levin world and ways, which was smothered by this influx of the "Shtcherbatsky element," as he called it to himself.
He found that the sea was pouring into the fifth compartment; and the rapidity of the influx proved that the force of the water was considerable.
 
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