Fluence

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fluency countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "a voluble and ſmart fluence of Tongue,"

  2. 2
    A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.

    "I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot."

  3. 3
    A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation) countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"Fluence is the time integral of flux."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French fluence.

Etymology 2

Shortened form of influence.

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