Meaning of afflux in English:

noun

• A flow of something, especially water or air.

  More example sentences

  • ‘Hence, when the pulsations of the seed are stilled, the afflux of psychic energy ceases.’
  • ‘The equation which describes the model characterizes the afflux as a function of Froude number, and blockage ratio in terms of the downstream conditions.’
  • ‘Special hydrologic and ecologic conditions are a consequence of shallowness, closed area, entry of freshwater affluxes and of anthropogenic influences.’
  • ‘The standard culvert has sufficient cells to pass the discharge without significant afflux.’
  • ‘Because it was tried to plant cotton in the desert, huge amounts of water were taken from the natural affluxes.’