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