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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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

effluence n 1: the process of flowing out [syn: outflow, effluence, efflux] [ant: inflow, influx]