DIFFLUENCE


Meaning of DIFFLUENCE in English

/dif"looh euhns/ , n.

1. the act of flowing off or away.

2. the act or process of dissolving into a liquid; liquefaction; deliquescence.

3. the rate at which fluid flow diverges along an axis perpendicular to the direction of flow at a given point. Cf. divergence .

[ 1625-35; DIFFLU(ENT) + -ENCE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .