Definitions for: Effluence


[n] the process of flowing out



Webster (1913) Definition: Ef"flu*ence, n. [Cf. F. effluence.]
1. A flowing out, or emanation.

2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance;
issue; efflux.

Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
--Milton.

And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been
but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it
vanished with their sorrow. --Hawthorne.

Synonyms: efflux, outflow

Antonyms: inflow, influx

See Also: flow

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