efflux

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efflux - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i.
     To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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  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.
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              It is then that the devout affections . . . are
              incessantly in efflux.                --I. Taylor.
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     2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
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              Prime cheerer, light! . . .
              Efflux divine.                        --Thomson.
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efflux - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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