EFFLUENCE

outflow, effluence, efflux

(noun) the process of flowing out

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

effluence (countable and uncountable, plural effluences)

The process of flowing out.

Something that flows out; the issue.

Synonyms

• (process of flowing out): efflux, effluxion, outflow

Source: Wiktionary


Ef"flu*ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. effluence.]

1. A flowing out, or emanation.

2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux. Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Milton. And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. Hawthorne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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