effluence
Americannoun
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the action or process of flowing out; efflux.
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something that flows out; emanation.
noun
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the act or process of flowing out
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something that flows out
Other Word Forms
- supereffluence noun
Etymology
Origin of effluence
1595–1605; < Latin efflu- outflow ( ef- ef- + flu- flow) + -ence
Example Sentences
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In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023
The combined effluence of 400-plus Antarctic lakes no doubt exerts a significant influence on the Southern Ocean’s chemistry and biology.
From Scientific American • Apr. 12, 2020
But it actually is a Spanish expression, “of where the sea goes”; while the Spanish never settled this area, they would empty their bilges so the ocean would wash away their effluence.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2016
Green sludge came to represent the effluence of government and industry—toxic waste as literal and figurative pollution.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
Do you perceive that the soul alone, raised to its highest power, and even in a dream, can scarce endure the consuming effluence of the Spirit?
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
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