EFFLUX


Meaning of EFFLUX in English

ˈeˌfləks noun

( -es )

Etymology: Latin effluxus, past participle of effluere

1.

a. : something that emanates in or as if in a stream : effusion

many wished to touch the relics and so absorb their healing effluxes — E.H.Short

used secretly to think ourselves the Wordsworth and Coleridge of an endless efflux of lyrical ballads — Christopher Morley

b.

(1) : an emanation supposed by Empedocles and the Sophists to be continually given off by external objects and to be the cause of our perception of them

(2) : emanation 1b

2.

a. : the action or process of flowing or seeming to flow out

large underground efflux of salt water from the lake — Geographical Journal

the influx and efflux of gold — R.F.Harrod

the annual efflux of men and women for work — V.G.J.Sheddick

b. : a lapse or passing of time

the influx and efflux of life, which we call the seasons — A.C.Benson

for a brief second, for an inexpressibly curtailed efflux of time — Anthony Powell

also : end , expiration

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