effluence

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effluence - 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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effluence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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