effluence n 1: the process of flowing out [syn: {outflow}, {effluence}, {efflux}] [ant: {inflow}, {influx}]
Effluence \Ef"flu*ence\, n. [Cf. F. effluence.] 1. A flowing out, or emanation. [1913 Webster] 2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux. [1913 Webster] Bright effluence of bright essence increate! --Milton. [1913 Webster] And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]