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effusion

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.

  1. derived from effūsiō
  2. borrowed from effusion

Definitions

  1. A liquid outpouring.

  2. Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free…

    Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.

  3. An outpouring of speech or emotion.

    • 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […]
    • The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The seeping of fluid into a body cavity

      The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.

      • pleural effusion

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Derived

choroidal effusion, effusiometer, noneffusion

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for effusion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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