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effluxion of time en · NOUN

Etymology

From effluxion + of + time.

Meanings

  1. (formal, idiomatic, uncountable) The determination of a term of years due to the passage of time, rather than the occurrence of a specific event.
  2. (uncountable) The passage of time, especially as a cause of change in itself.
    • [...] we often fail to make sufficient allowance for the changes in standards brought about by the effluxion of time. 1944 March and April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 89: