effluence


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
effluence /ˈɛflʊəns/
noun
  • 1 a substance that flows out.
  • 2 the action of flowing out.
– origin ME: from med. L. effluentia, from L. effluent-, effluere ‘flow out’.
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