efflux

English

Etymology

From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).

Noun

efflux (plural effluxes)

1. The process of flowing out.

   We all age through the efflux of time.

   The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.

2. That which has flowed out.

   The efflux of a boil is gross!

Synonyms

• (process of flowing out): outflow, effluxion, effluence
• (that which has flowed out): outflow

Translations

process of flowing out

Bulgarian: изтичане (bg) n.

Latin: effluvium (la) n.

that which has flowed out

Bulgarian: отток (bg) m.

Latin: effluvium (la) n.

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Russian: сопло (sopló) n.

Verb

efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed)

1. To run out.

   When three years efflux, the claim will have prescribed.

2. To flow forth.
3. (obsolete) To pass away.