diffluence
Americannoun
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the act of flowing off or away.
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the act or process of dissolving into a liquid; liquefaction; deliquescence.
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the rate at which fluid flow diverges along an axis perpendicular to the direction of flow at a given point.
Etymology
Origin of diffluence
First recorded in 1625–35; difflu(ent) + -ence
Example Sentences
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They could not have "moved," but probably "went to smash" by a process peculiar to infusoria, and which Dujardin politely describes as "diffluence."
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.
Meanwhile, the diffluence causes a spreading and flattening of the sarcode and swimming gives place to creeping, while the flagella violently lash.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
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