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effluxion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɛˈflʌk.ʃən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of flowing out.
    • We all age through the effluxion of time.
    • The effluxion of matter from a boil can be painful.
  2. (countable, uncountable) That which has flowed out.
    • the effluxion of a boil

Forms

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Deriveds

effluxion of time

Synonyms

effluence (process of flowing out) · efflux (process of flowing out) · outflow (process of flowing out)