| Pronunciation: | 'efloouns | ||
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| Matching Terms: | effluency | ||
| Definition: | [n] the process of flowing out | ||
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| Synonyms: | efflux, outflow | ||
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| Antonyms: | inflow, influx | ||
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| See Also: | flow | ||
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| Definition: | \Ef"flu*ence\, n. [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.
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