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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. the process of flowing out;
[syn: outflow, effluence, efflux]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
