efflux n 1: the process of flowing out [syn: {outflow}, {effluence}, {efflux}] [ant: {inflow}, {influx}]
Efflux \Ef*flux"\, v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence. [1913 Webster] Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]