'Effluence' definitions:

Definition of 'effluence'

From: WordNet
noun
The process of flowing out [syn: outflow, effluence, efflux] [ant: inflow, influx]

Definition of 'Effluence'

From: GCIDE
  • Effluence \Ef"flu*ence\, n. [Cf. F. effluence.]
  • 1. A flowing out, or emanation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux. [1913 Webster]
  • Bright effluence of bright essence increate! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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