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The entrance into a country of foreigners for purposes of permanent residence. The correlative term emigration denotes the act of such persons in leaving their former country. Cross-referencesimmigration noun admission of foreigners, change of national location, colonization, entry of aliens, establishment of foreign residence, expatriation, forrign influx, incoming population, ingress, migration, movement of population, transmigration Associated concepts: issuance of visas See also: entrance, entry, inflow IMMIGRATION. The removing into one place from another. It differs from emigration, which is the moving from one place into another. Vide Emigration. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Exchange of material occurs as a result of these flows, as well as in the intermesh regions between mixing elements, which again provide sufficient clearance to induce relatively large local backflows. The amphipods' secret may be to check for trout chemical signs in backflows, little stray currents that do not follow the main flow of a stream. Further, pumping water from the low-lying delta into the aqueduct serving the Southland is a tricky operation due to the risk of salty backflows from San Francisco Bay. |
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