Definition of "influx"

influx

/ˈɪnˌflʌks/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural influxes
1. A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
  Quotations
  the general influx of Greek into modern languages
  1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
  By the 1880s, the pretty harbour village of Lynmouth was enjoying an influx of holidaymakers brought by paddle steamers from the likes of Bristol and Swansea.
  2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53
2. That which flows or comes in.
  Quotations
  The influx of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of consumers.
  1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 17, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
3. (obsolete) influence; power.
  Quotations
  A continued influx of the Divine Goodness
  1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature