Effluence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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