efflux Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of flowing out
    effluence; outflow.

WordNet


Ef"flux noun
Etymology
See Effluent, Flux.
Definitions
  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.
Ef*flux" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. Obs. Boyle.

Webster 1913