0 the fact of a large number of people or things arriving at the same time:
2 an arrival of a large number of people or things at the same time:
influx of sth He is amazed by the influx of new businesses of every kind.
an influx of immigrants/labour/workers
an influx of investment/money
This phase is later replaced by a more sustained influx of mononuclear cells.
It was a physical feature that delayed germination until the cell walls broke and permitted the influx of water necessary for germination.
This small influx of calcium however triggers much larger release from storage sites within the cell, in a highgain process known as calcium-induced calcium release.
The observed influx of altitudinal and temperate migrants into higher montane regions might also support this idea.
Thus began the first influx of weaponry more lethal than the spears which had previously served as instruments of hunting and raiding.
In other cases, older villages and neighborhoods were appropriated to make way for this influx of refugees.
If anything, it appears that the influx has at least temporarily suppressed residents' willingness to participate in commodity or labour markets.
The increased rigor associated with these models, however, is rarely accompanied by the extra data required to cope with the influx of new parameters.
