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Meaning of EFFLUX

Pronunciation:  'efluks

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the process of flowing out
 
 Synonyms: effluence, outflow
 
 Antonyms: inflow, influx
 
 See Also: flow

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
             It is then that the devout affections . . . are
             incessantly in efflux.                --I. Taylor.
    2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
             Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine.
                                                   --Thomson.
    
  2. \Ef*flux"\, v. i.
    To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle.
    
 

 

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