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efflux

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.

Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i.
   To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle.

Source : WordNet®

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