efflux
Americannoun
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outward flow, as of water.
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something that flows out; effluence.
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a passing or lapse of time.
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a passing away; expiration; ending.
Etymology
Origin of efflux
1635–45; < Medieval Latin effluxus, equivalent to Latin ef- ef- + fluc-, variant stem of fluere to flow + -sus, for -tus suffix of v. action
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