"afflux" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1874 January 9, \"Chemical News from Foreign Sources,\" Chemical News http://books.google.com/books?id=jOUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA20-IA6&dq=affluxes&ei=oWrlRqH2I6HApgKCooX7AQ, page 26, of waterspouts",
          "text": "The vis viva of these affluxes is employed almost wholly in turning the mass of intermediate gas […]"
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        "An upward rush of fluid."
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          "ref": "2004, Transportation Association of Canada, Guide to Bridge Hydraulics, →ISBN, page 66:",
          "text": "Backwater due to the crossing as a whole should not be confused with local afflux at piers due to pileup of flow against the hydraulic stagnation point […]",
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        "The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction."
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        "(hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction."
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