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Efflux

//ˈɛflʌks// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of flowing out. countable, uncountable

    "We all age through the efflux of time."

  2. 2
    the process of flowing out wordnet
  3. 3
    Something which has flowed out. countable, uncountable

    "the efflux of a boil"

Verb
  1. 1
    To run out; to flow forth. intransitive
  2. 2
    To pass away. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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