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in·flux

   [in-fluhks]
noun
1.
act of flowing in.
2.
an inflow (opposed to outflux): an influx of tourists.
3.
the place at which one stream flows into another or into the sea.
4.
the mouth of a stream.
Origin:
1620–30; < Neo-Latin or Medieval Latin influxus, verbal noun of Latin influere to flow in. See in-2, flux

Synonyms
2. incursion, inpouring, entry.

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influx
1626, from L.L. influxus "a flowing in," from influere "to flow in" (see influence). Originally of rivers, air, light, spiritual light, etc.; used of people from 1652.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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