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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
  3. v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.
  4. n. the process of flowing out
  5. 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. It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. I. Taylor. 2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence. Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. Thomson. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] Boyle.
  6. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] Boyle.
  7. n:100 n the process of flowing out