noun
Meaning 1
The process of flowing out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
effluence
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɛfluəns/
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noun
Meaning 2
Something that flows out; the issue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the process of flowing out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outflow, efflux
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flow
History
Etymology
From French effluence, from Latin effluentia.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изтичане (iztičane) — process of flowing out
- Catalan: efluència — process of flowing out
- Finnish: ulosvirtaus — process of flowing out
- French: effluence — process of flowing out
- Irish: eisilteacht — process of flowing out
- Irish: eisileadh — process of flowing out
- Occitan: efluéncia — process of flowing out
- Polish: emanacja — process of flowing out
- Polish: wypływanie — process of flowing out
- Russian: пото́к (potók) — process of flowing out
- Russian: тече́ние (tečénije) — process of flowing out
- Esperanto: elfluo — something that flows out
- Russian: истече́ние (istečénije) — something that flows out
- Russian: эмана́ция (emanácija) — something that flows out