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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: effluence n : the process of flowing out [syn: {outflow}, {efflux}] [ant: {inflow}, {inflow}]
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