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efflux |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Efflux \Ef"flux\, n. [See {Effluent}, {Flux}.] 1. The act or process of flowing out or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety. It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. --I. Taylor. 2. That which flows out emanation; effluence. Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. --Thomson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i. To run out to flow forth; to pass away [Obs.] --Boyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: efflux n : the process of flowing out [syn: {outflow}, {effluence}] [ant: {inflow}, {inflow}]
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