Effusion
noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A liquid outpouring. countable, uncountable
- 2 flow under pressure wordnet
- 3 Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules. countable, uncountable
- 4 an unrestrained expression of emotion wordnet
- 5 An outpouring of speech or emotion. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"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 […]"
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- 6 The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself. countable, uncountable
"pleural effusion"
Example
More examples"At the door of the house we were met by a tall, white-faced, flaxen-haired man, with a notebook in his hand, who rushed forward and wrung my companion's hand with effusion."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.