effluence

(eflo̵̅o̅ əns)

noun

  1. a flowing out or forth
  2. a thing that flows out or forth; emanation

Origin: ME < ML effluentia < L effluens, prp. of effluere, to flow out < ex-, out + fluere, to flow: see fluent

See effluence in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act or an instance of flowing out.
  2. Something that flows out or forth; an emanation: “tremendous emotional effluences that affected blocks of people at a time, causing them to walk faster” (Coleman Dowell).

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