Effluence

//ˈɛfluəns// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of flowing out. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the process of flowing out wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that flows out; the issue. countable, uncountable

    "But we have grounds to believe, that there are yet other Rays or Effluences from the Sun, which neither Feeling nor Sight can apprehend, but which are to be inferred from the effects."

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effluxoutflowdischargedefluxiondischargedrain

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"The Platonic view of the soul, as a spiritual substance, an effluence from Godhood, which under certain conditions becomes incarnated in perishable forms of matter, is doubtless the view most consonant with the present state of our knowledge."

Etymology

From French effluence, from Latin effluentia.

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