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[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.
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2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance;
issue; efflux.
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Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
--Milton.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
effluence
n 1: the process of flowing out [syn: outflow, effluence,
efflux] [ant: inflow, influx]