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Definitions

Noun

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

   "We all age through the effluxion of time."

2. 2
   That which has flowed out. countable, uncountable

   "the effluxion of a boil"

Synonyms

All synonyms

defluxiondischargedraindrainageeffluenceefflux

Example

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"We all age through the effluxion of time."

Etymology

From efflux + -ion, from Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).

Related phrases

effluxion of time

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