Effluence

  • 31effluent — (adj.) mid 15c., from L. effluentem (see EFFLUENCE (Cf. effluence)). As a noun, from 1859; meaning liquid industrial waste is from 1930 …

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  • 32effluvium — 1640s, from L. effluvium a flowing out, from effluere (see EFFLUENCE (Cf. effluence)) …

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  • 33efflux — 1640s, from L. effluxus, pp. of effluere (see EFFLUENCE (Cf. effluence)) …

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  • 34exhale — ex•hale [[t]ɛksˈheɪl, ɛkˈseɪl[/t]] v. haled, hal•ing 1) phl to emit breath or vapor; breathe out 2) to pass off as vapor; pass off as an effluence 3) phl to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.) 4) to give off as vapor 5) to draw out as a… …

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  • 35exhale — [c]/ɛksˈheɪl / (say eks hayl) verb (exhaled, exhaling) –verb (i) 1. to emit breath or vapour. 2. to pass off as vapour; pass off as an effluence. –verb (t) 3. to breathe out; emit (air, etc.). 4. to give off as vapour. 5. to draw out as a vapour… …

  • 36er-3 : or- : r- —     er 3 : or : r     English meaning: to move *stir, animate, fight, struggle, rise; to spring up, be born     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich in Bewegung setzen, erregen (also seelisch, ärgern, stir, tease, irritate); in die Höhe bringen (Erhebung …

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  • 37ef|flu|ence — «EHF lu uhns», noun. 1. an outward flow, especially of water, light, electricity, magnetism, or anything resembling such a flow. 2. a thing that flows out; emanation; efflux: »The mist was an effluence from the swamp. Figurative. She alone had… …

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  • 38Effluency — Ef flu*en*cy, n. Effluence. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 39Efflux — 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… …

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  • 40Emanation — Em a*na tion, n. [L. emanatio: cf. F. [ e]manation.] 1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. [1913 Webster] Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. That which issues,… …

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