"efflux" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛflʌks/ Forms: effluxes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|effluxus}} Latin effluxus, {{m|la|effluō||flow out or away}} effluō (“flow out or away”), {{m|la|ex||out of, from}} ex (“out of, from”), {{m|la|fluō||flow}} fluō (“flow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} efflux (countable and uncountable, plural effluxes)
  1. The process of flowing out. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (process of flowing out): outflow, effluxion, effluence Translations (process of flowing out): изтичане (iztičane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), effluvium [neuter] (Latin), истече́ние (istečénije) [neuter] (Russian), вытека́ние (vytekánije) [neuter] (Russian), отто́к (ottók) [masculine] (Russian), уте́чка (utéčka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-efflux-en-noun-C3BIQD7w Disambiguation of 'process of flowing out': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'process of flowing out': 94 6
  2. That which has flowed out. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (that which has flowed out): outflow Translations (that which has flowed out): отток (ottok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), effluvium [neuter] (Latin), eflujo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-efflux-en-noun-Egc~bRVj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 40 32 21 Disambiguation of 'that which has flowed out': 8 92 Disambiguation of 'that which has flowed out': 7 93

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛflʌks/ Forms: effluxes [present, singular, third-person], effluxing [participle, present], effluxed [participle, past], effluxed [past]
Etymology: From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|effluxus}} Latin effluxus, {{m|la|effluō||flow out or away}} effluō (“flow out or away”), {{m|la|ex||out of, from}} ex (“out of, from”), {{m|la|fluō||flow}} fluō (“flow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed)
  1. (intransitive) To run out; to flow forth. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-efflux-en-verb-brC3h64U
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass away. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-efflux-en-verb-MhL3GteX

Inflected forms

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