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| 1. | the action or process of flowing out; efflux. |
| 2. | something that flows out; emanation. |
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effluence
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effluence
1603, from L.L. effluentia, from L. effluentem (nom. effluens) "flowing out," prp. of effluere "to flow out," from ex- "out" + fluere "to flow" (see fluent). Effluent (n.) "liquid industrial waste" is recorded from 1930.
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| effluence | |
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| the process of flowing out [syn: outflow] [ant: inflow] |
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Effluence
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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