/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 ]