~ 1 [ 'flu:əns ]
■ noun Brit. informal magical or hypnotic power.
Origin
early 20th cent.: shortening of in~ .
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~ 2 [ 'flu:əns ]
■ noun Physics the rate at which a stream of particles crosses a unit area.
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'a flowing, a stream'): from Fr., from L. fluentia , from fluere 'to flow'.