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diffluence

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dif⋅flu⋅ence

  [dif-loo-uhns]
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–noun
1. the act of flowing off or away.
2. the act or process of dissolving into a liquid; liquefaction; deliquescence.
3. the rate at which fluid flow diverges along an axis perpendicular to the direction of flow at a given point.
Compare divergence.

Origin:
1625–35; difflu(ent) + -ence
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