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efflux

noun
/ˈɛflʌks/

Etymology

From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion.

  1. derived from effluxus

Definitions

  1. The process of flowing out.

    • We all age through the efflux of time.
    • The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.
    • It is there that the devout affections, undisturbed by other faculties, are incessantly in efflux.

  2. Something which has flowed out.

    • the efflux of a boil
    • Prime cheerer, light! […] Efflux divine.
    • Thus between the earth and the sky there is a perpetual exchange of effluxes following a double way, ascending and descending. From the earth and sea arise effluxes, some dry, others moist.

  3. To run out

    To run out; to flow forth.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To pass away.

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Derived

effluxome, radioefflux

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA