Hypertext Webster Gateway: "efflux"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Efflux \Ef"flux\, n. [See {Effluent}, {Flux}.]
1. The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth;
effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer;
the efflux of men's piety.
It is then that the devout affections . . . are
incessantly in efflux. --I. Taylor.
2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine.
--Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i.
To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
efflux
n : the process of flowing out [syn: {outflow}, {effluence}]
[ant: {inflow}, {inflow}]
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