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A liquid outpouring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: infusion
Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An outpouring of speech or emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
flow under pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flood, overflow, outpouring
an unrestrained expression of emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
Narrower terms: acting out, cry, explosion, flare
Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اِنْدِفَاق
(indifāq)
— outpouring of liquid
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Arabic:
اِنْصِبَاب
(inṣibāb)
— outpouring of liquid
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Bulgarian:
изливане
(izlivane)
— outpouring of liquid
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Bulgarian:
изтичане
(iztičane)
— outpouring of liquid
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Catalan:
efusió
— outpouring of liquid
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Chinese Mandarin:
外溢
(wàiyì)
— outpouring of liquid
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Chinese Mandarin:
流出
(liúchū)
— outpouring of liquid
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Chinese Mandarin:
滲出液 /渗出液
(shènchūyè)
— outpouring of liquid
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Czech:
výlev
— outpouring of liquid
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Czech:
výtok
— outpouring of liquid
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Dutch:
uitstorting
— outpouring of liquid
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Finnish:
valuminen
— outpouring of liquid
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Finnish:
effuusio
— outpouring of liquid
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French:
effusion
— outpouring of liquid
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Georgian:
ეფუზია
(epuzia)
— outpouring of liquid
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German:
Ausfluss
— outpouring of liquid
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German:
Erguss
— outpouring of liquid
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Italian:
effusione
— outpouring of liquid
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Italian:
spargimento
— outpouring of liquid
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Italian:
travaso
— outpouring of liquid
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Latin:
effūsiō
— outpouring of liquid
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Portuguese:
efusão
— outpouring of liquid
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Slovak:
výlev
— outpouring of liquid
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Slovak:
výtok
— outpouring of liquid
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Spanish:
efusión
— outpouring of liquid
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Tagalog:
panlalagos
— outpouring of liquid
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Turkish:
efüzyon
— outpouring of liquid
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Arabic:
تَدَفُّق
(tadaffuq)
— chemistry, physics: process
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Chinese Mandarin:
逸散
— chemistry, physics: process
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Czech:
efuze
— chemistry, physics: process
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Finnish:
effuusio
— chemistry, physics: process
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French:
effusion
— chemistry, physics: process
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German:
Effusion
— chemistry, physics: process
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Indonesian:
efusi
— chemistry, physics: process
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Catalan:
efusió
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Chinese Mandarin:
滔滔不絕的言辭 /滔滔不绝的言辞
(tāotāobùjué de yáncí)
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Czech:
(citový) výlev
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Finnish:
vuodatus
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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French:
effusion
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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German:
Erguss
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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German:
Ausbruch
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Italian:
effusione
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Italian:
effusioni
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Portuguese:
efusão
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Slovak:
výlev
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Spanish:
efusión
— outpouring of speech or emotion
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Chinese Mandarin:
滲出 /渗出
(shènchū)
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Chinese Mandarin:
滲液 /渗液
(shènyè)
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Chinese Mandarin:
積液 /积液
(jīyè)
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Czech:
výron
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Czech:
výtok
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Finnish:
effuusio
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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French:
effusion
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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German:
Erguss
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Indonesian:
efusi
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Italian:
effusione
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Portuguese:
efusão
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity
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Spanish:
derrame
— seeping of fluid into a body cavity