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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:
Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence. [1913 Webster] Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
