fluence

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fluence.

Noun

fluence (countable and uncountable, plural fluences)

1. (obsolete) Fluency.
   • Milton

     a voluble and smart fluence of tongue

2. (physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation).

Translations

A measure of particle flux

• Bulgarian: дебит (bg) m (debit), поток (bg) m (potok)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: интегральная плотность потока f (integralʹnaja plotnostʹ potoka), интегральный поток m (integralʹnyj potok), флюенс (ru) m (fljujens)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of influence.

Noun

fluence (plural fluences)

1. A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 191:

     I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot.