Efflux Definition

ĕflŭks
noun
A flowing out, or emanating.
Webster's New World
A thing that flows out; outflow; emanation.
Webster's New World
An ending; expiration.
Webster's New World
The process of flowing out.
We all age through the efflux of time.
The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.
Wiktionary
That which has flowed out.
The efflux of a boil.
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verb
To run out.
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To flow forth.
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Other Word Forms of Efflux

Noun

Singular:
efflux
Plural:
effluxes

Origin of Efflux

  • From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin efflūxus past participle of effluere to flow out effluent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Efflux Sentence Examples

  • Here the divine will is viewed as an efflux from the divine wisdom, as the intermediate link between God, the first substance, and all things, and as the fountain out of which all forms emanate.

  • Besides the delta of the Po and the large marshy tracts which it forms, there exist on both sides of it extensive lagoons of salt water, generally separated from the Adriatic by narrow strips of sand or embankments, partly natural and partly artificial, but havin openings which admit the influx and efflux of the sea-water, and serve as ports for communication with the mainland.

  • Helmholtz, of the efflux of a jet between two edges A and A 1 in an infinite wall, is obtained by the symmetrical duplication of the above, with n = 1, b = o, a' = - oo, as in fig.

  • It is situated at the efflux of the Traun river from the lake of the same name and is surrounded by high mountains, as the Traunstein (5446 ft.), the Erlakogel (5150 ft.), the Wilde Kogel (6860 ft.) and the Hollen Gebirge.

  • These conventions, as well as a republication of the first Hague declaration, which had in 1907 expired by efflux of time, have been already largely ratified.

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